Patent ID: 8240421
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. An adaptor for connecting a drive shaft from a front mounted vehicle transmission to the vehicle rear differential, comprising: a housing having a front-outer and rear-inner faces, and having a rear toroidal-shaped flange having a perimeter O-ring seal, said rear extending from said rear face of the housing for mating with the transmission opening in said rear differential, and a series of threaded holes on the rear face for receiving mounting bolts from fixing points on said rear differential; a front boss extending outward from the outer face of said housing; a bore extending through said housing and said front boss and said rear toroidal-shaped flange; a shaft extending through said bore to extend beyond said housing front boss and said rear toroidal flange, said shaft having a rear-inner spline section suitable to engage a gear in said rear differential, and a front-outer spline section; an inner and an outer thrust bearings mounted in said housing facing each other, said bearings supporting said shaft; a coupling yoke mounted on said shaft front spline section; and a first passageway for grease to be pumped into said housing bore to lubricate said inner and outer thrust bearings; wherein there is a space between the wall of the bore and the shaft to provide a reservoir area for the grease pumped into said housing.