(19)
(11) EP 1 437 253 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02

(43) Date of publication:
14.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/29

(21) Application number: 03258207.4

(22) Date of filing: 23.12.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60K 17/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 31.12.2002 US 335576

(71) Applicant: DANA CORPORATION
Toledo, OH 43615 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Burnard, Jonathan
    Brantford Ontario N3R 7Z3 (CA)

(74) Representative: Giles, Ashley Simon et al
HASELTINE LAKE, Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street
Bristol BS1 6HU
Bristol BS1 6HU (GB)

   


(54) Flange yoke and companion flange supported on a splined shaft


(57) A flange yoke is precisely positioned on a companion flange that, in turn, is supported on a male splined shaft having a pilot that protrudes co-axially therefrom. The companion flange includes a female splined sleeve portion that cooperates with the male splined shaft and a flange portion that has a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The flange yoke includes a flange portion that has a plurality of apertures formed therethrough that correspond generally in size and location with the plurality of apertures formed through the flange portion of the companion flange and a and a yoke portion. When the flange portion of the flange yoke is disposed adjacent to the flange portion of the companion flange, the apertures formed through the flange portion of the companion flange are axially aligned with the apertures formed through the flange portion of the flange yoke. The flange yoke has a pilot receiver that receives the pilot that protrudes from the splined shaft. As result, the flange yoke is precisely positioned relative to the axis of rotation of the splined shaft, regardless of any dimensional variations in the manufacture of each of the various components.