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.
Impact energy absorbing propeller shaft
2018-01-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F16C SHAFTS , Wellen / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / F16D COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION , Nicht schaltbare Kupplungen |
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