Patent ID: 9638261
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y,F16D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A drive shaft assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a first tubular member and a second tubular member received by said first tubular member thereby defining a coaxial relationship between said tubular members, said first tubular member defining a plurality of protuberances with each of said protuberances defining a side wall and said second tubular member defining a plurality of apertures with each of said apertures defined by a flange circumscribing said aperture and extending radially inwardly of said second tubular member, and each of said plurality of apertures receiving one of said plurality of protuberances such that each of said protuberances abut a respective said flange on opposite sides of the respective said aperture and thereby affixing said first tubular member to said second tubular member in a substantially fixed circumferential orientation.