Patent ID: 7022023

Claim:
An integrated driveline flange and torsional damper component for use on a motor vehicle having a driveshaft and a rear axle differential, the integrated driveline component comprising: a one-piece driveline flange for transmitting torque between a shaft flange secured to the driveline flange at a first radial location; and an input of the rear axle differential secured to the driveline flange at a second location radially spaced from the first location, the driveline flange having an outer periphery; an elastic component having an outer periphery, the elastic component being positioned substantially radially outwardly of the outer periphery of the driveline flange and attached directly to the outer periphery of the driveline flange; and a generally ring-shaped torsional damper having an inner periphery concentric with the outer periphery of the elastic component and attached to the outer periphery of the elastic component.