Patent · US Expired

Connection between a tubular shaft made of a fiber composite material and a metal journal, as well as a method of producing such a connection

US5253947A · kind A · utility

21Cited by

9References

18Claims

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Assignee

GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

Miloslav Petrzelka · Much, DE
Werner Hoffmann · Ludwigshafen, DE
Thomas Schafferus · Rheinberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 1991
Grant date	Oct 19, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/4991
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a locking connection for transmitting torque in driveshafts and the like. An internally and/or externally positioned metallic connecting element having a hub journal is inserted into or slid onto a tubular shaft made of a fiber composite material. The wall of the hub journal is radially plastically deformed, its surface being made to establish a locking connection with a surface of the shaft.

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