A propeller shaft with a variable stiffness bushing is disclosed. The propeller shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft, each of the first shaft and the second shaft having a first end and a second end, the second end of the first shaft coupled to the first end of the second shaft with a joint and a variable stiffness bushing assembly coupled to one of the first and the second shafts near the joint, the variable stiffness bushing assembly having a bearing, a bearing support encircling the bearing, a chamber formed in the bearing support, and at least one electric field generator, wherein the chamber contains a magnetorheological fluid.


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    Title :

    Variable Stiffness Bushing For Shaft Support Assembly


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    Publication date :

    2018-04-26


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F16D COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION , Nicht schaltbare Kupplungen / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / F16F SPRINGS , Federn / F16C SHAFTS , Wellen



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