Patent ID: 8998730
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B60K,F01M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A driveshaft containment system for a vehicle having a driveshaft coupled to another driveline device, comprising: a first component mounted to the driveline device and a second component comprising a tubular housing containing a portion of the driveshaft and having first and second open ends, wherein the first and second components are provided with a mechanism for rotationally engaging and disengaging the first end of the tubular housing from the first component and wherein the first and second components are further provided with a single mechanism for preventing relative rotational movement of the first and second components while engaged with one another; wherein the rotational engagement mechanism comprises a set of projections extending from the first end and a corresponding set of openings through the first component, into which the projections are inserted; and wherein the projections comprise a set of tangs extending from a set of locations around the first end of the tubular housing and having free ends extending circumferentially from those locations and wherein the openings comprise slots configured to simultaneously allow passage of the tangs therethrough.