Invention Application
- Patent Title: PROPELLER SHAFT
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Application No.: US15487576Application Date: 2017-04-14
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Publication No.: US20170298993A1Publication Date: 2017-10-19
- Inventor: Yasutomo MABE , Kenichi SUGIYAMA , Daiki TSUTSUMI
- Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Priority: JP2016-082561 20160418
- Main IPC: F16D1/116
- IPC: F16D1/116 ; F16D3/223 ; F16D1/10

Abstract:
A propeller shaft includes a shaft section connected between an input shaft and an output shaft via respective constant velocity joints, wherein the input shaft is connected to a drive source of a vehicle, and the output shaft is connected to driving wheels. The constant velocity joint includes a circlip-restricting surface to engage with a circlip provided in an outer peripheral surface of the input or output shaft, for restricting movement of the first or second shaft in an axial direction. The circlip-restricting surface is implemented by a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, wherein the second inclined surface is closer to a rotational axis of the shaft section, and wherein the first inclined surface has an acute angle with respect to the axial direction, and the second inclined surface has a smaller angle with respect to the axial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US10422388B2 Propeller shaft Public/Granted day:2019-09-24
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