141 patents
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Utility
Bearing preload apparatus
2 Mar 21
A bearing preload apparatus may include a gearbox assembly, a coupling assembly, and a sensor assembly.
Bryan N. Waineo, James P. Downs
Filed: 11 Feb 19
Utility
Net forged spiral bevel gear
23 Feb 21
A method that includes: providing a blank; heating the blank; forging the heated blank to form a forged gear having a plurality of spiral bevel gear teeth; machining the forged gear to a predetermined thickness while locating off of the plurality of gear teeth to form a green machined forged gear; rotationally and axially engaging a die to the gear teeth of the green machined forged gear to induce plastic flow in the gear teeth to form an intermediate gear in which the plurality of gear teeth conform to a predetermined tooth form; heat-treating the intermediate gear to form a hardened intermediate gear; and lapping the plurality of gear teeth of the hardened intermediate gear with a spiral bevel pinion gear; wherein the plurality of gear teeth are not machined in a chip-producing machining operation before the plurality of gear teeth are lapped.
Curt Moehlau, Mohsen Kolivand, Dale K. Benedict
Filed: 7 Jun 16
Utility
Modular disconnecting drive module with torque vectoring augmentation
23 Feb 21
A drive module having a housing, an input pinion, a ring gear driven by the input pinion, a ring gear bearing supporting the ring gear for rotation relative to the housing, a pair of output shafts and a clutch that selectively transmits rotary power between the ring gear and the output shafts.
James P. Downs, Paul J. Valente
Filed: 6 Jul 20
Utility
Propshaft assembly having yoke friction welded to propshaft tube
16 Feb 21
A propshaft assembly that includes a propshaft tube and a weld yoke.
Michael J. Leko, Lance M. Kujawski
Filed: 26 Feb 18
Utility
Vehicle driveline component with latching actuator
16 Feb 21
A vehicle driveline component that employs a latching actuator to toggle between a first operation mode and a second operational mode.
Edgar B. Gostin, Jr., Neil R. Maurer, Joseph S. Balenda, II, Ronald P. Silye, Kenneth E. Gutelius, Adam Veldhuis
Filed: 4 Jun 18
Utility
Electric motor having stator with laminations configured to form distinct cooling channels
16 Feb 21
An electric motor with a stator that is formed of a plurality of laminations.
Jeffrey J. Ronning, John C. Morgante
Filed: 4 Oct 18
Utility
Shaft balanced via magnetically distributed weighted particles and related machine and method
9 Feb 21
A shaft balancing device having first and second supports, which are rotatable about an axis, a motor drivingly coupled to the first support, an electromagnet, which has a plurality of coil units that are disposed circumferentially about the axis, and a control module.
Curt D. Gilmore, Holly A. Giangrande
Filed: 5 Sep 19
Utility
Driveline test fixture having compliant collar
2 Feb 21
A spindle assembly for conducting transmission error testing between an input pinion with a ring gear of an axle assembly.
Bryan N. Waineo
Filed: 5 Dec 17
Utility
Propshaft With Vented Slinger
14 Jan 21
A propshaft with first and second propshaft segments, a bearing assembly, a slinger and a boot seal.
Guilherme Targa POLETI
Filed: 10 Jul 19
Utility
Front Axle Assembly
6 Jan 21
A front axle assembly with an axle housing that has first and second housing halves that each include a main housing portion, a tubular portion and a steering yoke.
Gregory A. MARSH, Jonathan P. PRICHARD, Frederick E. ZINK, James P. DOWNS, Joseph M. ENDRESZL
Filed: 24 Sep 18
Utility
Method of manufacturing a tube and a machine for use therein
4 Jan 21
A method is used to manufacture an article using a machine having a fixed base and a press structure movable toward the fixed base.
John A. Pale, David I. Alexander, Mahaveer Khetawat
Filed: 16 Dec 15
Utility
Electric motor and stator cooling apparatus
28 Dec 20
An electric motor can include a stator body defining fluid channels extending axially for fluid communication between axial ends of the stator body.
John Morgante, James P. Downs, David Crecelius, Peter Fischer, Jeffrey J. Ronning
Filed: 21 Nov 17
Utility
Method of manufacturing a tube and a machine for use therein
14 Dec 20
A method is used to manufacture a tube having a hollow interior for housing an axle shaft.
John A. Pale, David I. Alexander, Mahaveer Khetawat
Filed: 16 Dec 15
Utility
Clutch assembly
30 Nov 20
A clutch assembly with a clutch input, first and second clutch outputs, a first clutch pack between the clutch input and the first clutch output, and a second clutch pack between the clutch input and the second clutch output.
Mikael Tiainen
Filed: 15 Nov 17
Utility
Fixture for checking a bevel gear product and related method
30 Nov 20
A fixture for gauging a bevel gear product that is received on a mount and rotated relative to a base while a plurality of measuring lasers and a rotational position sensor are operated.
Sean M. Skinner, James C. Martz, Jeff Beier, Ralph Perez
Filed: 23 Jun 19
Utility
Method of manufacturing a tube and a machine for use therein
23 Nov 20
A method is used to manufacture a drawn tube having a hollow low interior for housing an axle shaft.
John A. Pale, David I. Alexander, Mahaveer Khetawat
Filed: 16 Dec 15
Utility
Driveline power transmitting component with a plate clutch-type limited slip differential assembly having preload disconnect capabilities
16 Nov 20
A driveline power transmitting device that includes a limited slip differential having a differential case, a cross-pin, a pair of pressure rings, a pair of clutch packs, a pair of preload springs, and a pair of preload control mechanisms.
Douglas J. Chemelli, Ryan Ettenhofer
Filed: 24 Jan 19
Utility
Modular Disconnecting Drive Module with Torque Vectoring Augmentation
11 Nov 20
A drive module having a housing, an input pinion, a ring gear driven by the input pinion, a ring gear bearing supporting the ring gear for rotation relative to the housing, a pair of output shafts and a clutch that selectively transmits rotary power between the ring gear and the output shafts.
James P. DOWNS, Paul J. VALENTE
Filed: 5 Jul 20
Utility
Power Transmitting Component With Limited Slip Differential Assembly Having Preloaded Friction Clutch
28 Oct 20
A driveline power transmitting component with a differential assembly having a differential input, first and second differential outputs, which are driven by the differential input, a first friction clutch, a first biasing spring and a second friction clutch.
Shawn S. PROCTOR, Douglas J. CHEMELLI
Filed: 24 Apr 19
Utility
Balance shaft having reduced mass and inertia
26 Oct 20
A balance weight having one or more journals with a reduced mass portion disposed between a pair of journal portions that define circumferentially extending bearing surfaces.
Stephen A. Clark, John C. Geis, Carl E. Holmblad, Craig Lawrence McEachran
Filed: 21 Apr 20