Drive train of a motor vehicle and method of making a bearing unit

US6869226B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Juergen Henkel · Weingarten, DE
• Thomas Keller · Morges, CH
• Andreas Kollmann · Pfalzgrafenweiler, DE
• Dietmar Rill · Großenhain, DE
• Rolf Schroeder · Stuttgart, DE
• Guenter Woerner · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/06
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive train of a motor vehicle includes a power divider, a side shaft, a constant-velocity joint, an intermediate shaft, and a bearing unit. The intermediate shaft has first and second ends. The first end of the intermediate shaft is rotatably connected to the power divider and is mounted in the power divider with a first bearing, and the second end is located opposite the power divider and is connected to the side shaft via the constant-velocity joint. The bearing unit provides further mounting for the intermediate shaft between the first bearing and the constant-velocity joint. The bearing unit has a play oriented radially with respect to the intermediate shaft, and is able to exert a force oriented radially to the intermediate shaft on the intermediate shaft only after the play has been overcome.