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Torque transmission device

US8398493B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dirk Dullenkopf · Munich, DE
Wolfgang Kornprobst · Cloppenburg, DE
Helmut Schuermann · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
Patrick Tichelmann · Büttelborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 18, 2012
Grant date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D3/60
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A torque transmission device includes a shaft, particularly a drive shaft for a drive train of a vehicle, and at least one coupling element which is connected with an end of the shaft. The shaft and the at least one coupling element each consists completely or at least partly of a fiber-reinforced plastic material.

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