Patent ID: 6422947
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B60K,F16C

Abstract:
A driveshaft connecting assembly for use in combination with a driveshaft of the type having a first shaft member and a second shaft member and made by the process of providing a first member having a first portion which is selectively attachable to said first shaft member and a generally tubular second portion which extends from said first portion; providing a second conical shaped member having a first end and a second smaller end, said first side being fixedly attached to said second shaft member and said second smaller end being fixedly attached to said generally tubular portion, thereby forming an acute angle of engagement; providing a bearing assembly having an inner race; press-fitting said inner race of said bearing assembly onto said generally tubular second portion of said first member; and fixedly coupling said second member to said second portion of said first member, thereby cooperatively forming a unitized connecting assembly.