Shaft assembly for the wheel drive of a motor vehicle

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1987-03-18

1991-10-01

Stodola, Daniel P.

Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro

Coupling accommodates drive between members having...

Coupling transmits torque via radially spaced ball

180256, B60K 1722

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ABSTRACT:
A wheel drive shaft assembly for a motor vehicle including two universal joints, at least one of which is a plunging joint to enable axial movement of the shaft assembly, with one of the universal joints further including a splined journal engaging into a wheel hub, wherein the axial length of the splined journal is smaller than the amount of axial shortening available in the shaft assembly by virtue of the plunging movement of the at least one plunging universal joint when the shaft assembly is built into the motor vehicle.

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patent: 4460058 (1984-07-01), Welschof et al.
FIAT 128 Brochure, pp. 42-52.

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