Shaft assembly for an electrified vehicle and shaft providing method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCyrille Goldstein, Joel Hetrick, Edward William Haran, Elizabeth Rose Bifano
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Abstract
An electrified vehicle assembly includes, among other things, an outer shaft that is rotatable about an axis. The outer shaft rotatably couples a motor of an electrified vehicle to a transmission component of the electrified vehicle. A shaft insert provides a conduit for a fluid and that blocks the fluid from flowing radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft relative to the axis. The shaft insert includes a polymer-based material, a composite material, or both.
Claims18
An electrified vehicle assembly, comprising:
- an outer shaft that is rotatable about an axis, the outer shaft rotatably couples a motor of an electrified vehicle with a transmission component of the electrified vehicle;
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- a shaft insert that provides a conduit for a fluid and that blocks the fluid from flowing radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft relative to the axis, the shaft insert includes a polymer-based material, a composite material, or both.
An electrified vehicle shaft providing method, comprising:
- positioning a shaft insert within an outer shaft, the shaft insert having a fluid conduit and configured to block fluid from communicating radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft, wherein the shaft insert includes a polymer-based material, a composite material, or both;
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- rotatably coupling together a motor of an electrified vehicle to a transmission component of an electrified vehicle using the outer shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.