Connecting assembly

US5118214A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

• Miloslav Petrzelka · Much, DE
• Werner Hoffman · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1990
• Grant date: Jun 2, 1992
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/7028
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a connecting assembly for use in the propeller shaft in the driveline of a motor vehicle between the end of a tubular shaft, especially made of a composite material, and a connecting piece positioned coaxially relative to the shaft end. The shaft and connecting piece have connecting structures which inter-fit in the circumferential direction. The tubular shaft is designed to sustain without damage greater impacting force in the longitudinal axial direction than is required to displace the connecting piece relative to the shaft in this direction.