Patent ID: 8845475
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connecting assembly, comprising: a housing which comprises a first housing part with a first flange portion and a second housing part with a second flange portion, wherein the first flange portion and the second flange portion each comprise a cylindrical outer face having a same outer diameter; and a driving gear which comprises a receiving portion with a cylindrical inner face, said receiving portion receiving the first flange portion of the first housing part and the second flange portion of the second housing part, the driving gear further comprising a supporting face which laterally delimits said receiving portion, wherein the first flange portion of the first housing part is axially arranged between the supporting face of the driving gear and the second flange portion of the second housing part, wherein, in a joining region between the driving gear and the second flange portion, a flange side face of the second flange portion, which flange side face faces away from the first flange portion, is flush with a driving gear side face of the driving gear, which driving gear side face laterally delimits the receiving portion, and wherein of the first and second flange portions only the second flange portion is welded to the driving gear wherein a weld is formed in the joining region between the driving gear and the second flange portion, wherein at least one of the driving gear and the second flange portion comprises an annular lip in said joining region, said annular lip configured such that the first flange portion is axially loaded by shrinkage forces generated by the weld in a cooled down condition.