Patent ID: 9115613
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: F01L,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising: a shaft rotatable about the axis thereof with external splines; and an annular member receiving said shaft therethrough, provided with internal splines meshing with said external splines of said shaft and being axially displaceable relative to said shaft upon rotation of said shaft about the axis thereof; wherein in a first segment of the external splines of said shaft, the top land of each external spline is spaced from the bottom land of a successive set of internal splines, and the flanks of each external spline abut the opposed flanks of a successive set of internal splines; and in a second segment of the external splines of said shaft, the top land of each external spline abuts the bottom land of a successive set of internal splines, and the flanks of each external spline are spaced less than the opposed flanks of a successive set of internal splines.