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US 9,863,481 B2Granted
Impact energy absorbing propeller shaft
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJae Hyung Yun
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Abstract
An impact energy absorbing propeller shaft may include a collet integrally and rotatably inserted between a spline portion formed on an outer circumferential surface of a front shaft and a spline portion formed on an inner circumferential surface of a rear shaft, and an O-ring fitted with an outer circumferential surface of a rear end portion of the collet, fixedly holding a rear end portion of the front shaft, and fixedly supporting the collet inside the rear shaft.
Claims5
An impact energy absorbing propeller shaft, comprising:
- a collet integrally and rotatably inserted between a spline portion formed on an outer circumferential surface of a front shaft and a spline portion formed on an inner circumferential surface of a rear shaft;
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- an O-ring fitted with an outer circumferential surface of a rear end portion of the collet, fixedly holding a rear end portion of the front shaft, and fixedly supporting the collet inside the rear shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.