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Rear drive unit detachment system and method

US10703413B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Dominik Mueller · Euskirchen, DE
Joergen Hilmann · Leverkusen, DE
Istvan Somogyvari · Cologne, DE
Djamel Bouzit · Ann Arbor, US
Deb Kumar Bonnerjee · Bloomfield Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2016
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K17/348
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An RDU detachment system is provided and includes a front RDU mounting bracket, a rear RDU mounting bracket, a rear cross member including an inclined face oriented toward the RDU and at least one bushing connecting the rear RDU mounting bracket with the rear cross member. A method of detaching an RDU from a rear subframe of a motor vehicle in response to an impact force transmitted to the RDU through a driveline is also disclosed.

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