| US 7,419,434 B2 | ||
| Torque transfer device having a constant velocity joint output | ||
| Hans Wormsbaecher, Lake Orion, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to GKN Driveline North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/753,895. | ||
| Application 11/753895 is a division of application No. 11/431312, filed on May 10, 2006, granted, now 7,252,616. | ||
| Application 11/431312 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2004/038742, filed on Nov. 18, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/555202, filed on Mar. 22, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/549725, filed on Mar. 02, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/544090, filed on Feb. 11, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/541841, filed on Feb. 04, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/520879, filed on Nov. 18, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0238535 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16D 3/223 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 464—178 [464/906] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A torque transfer device with a constant velocity joint incorporated therein, comprising:
a constant velocity joint that includes:
an outer race rotatably mounted within said torque transfer device; and
an inner race positioned within said outer race and operatively connected to said outer race by one or more torque transmitting
balls;
a drive mechanism connected to said outer race of said constant velocity joint, said drive mechanism transferring torque received
from an input shaft of said torque transfer device to said outer race of said constant velocity joint such that said outer
race drives said inner race;
an output shaft operably connected to said inner race of said constant velocity joint, said output shaft fixed at a predetermined
angle relative to an axis of rotation of said outer race of said constant velocity joint by a hub in cooperation with a cover
through which said output shaft extends;
wherein at least one of said cover and said hub further includes a circumferential shaped extension that extends a predetermined
distance within an inner bore of said outer race; and
wherein said cover is fixedly connected to said torque transfer device.
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