Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Front final gear assembly to propshaft clipping structure and installation method
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Application No.: US15961202Application Date: 2018-04-24
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Publication No.: US10688639B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Matthew P. Woolston , Scott D. Batdorf , Dustin M. Schroeder
- Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
- Main IPC: B25B27/20
- IPC: B25B27/20 ; F16D1/08

Abstract:
A method of securing a yoke to a clutch includes arranging a circlip in a circumferential channel in an outer surface of a tool and inserting the tool inside a bore in the clutch. Legs arranged in the channel extend to expand the circlip to an expanded state to arrange the circlip outside of the channel in a circumferential groove in the bore. A spacer is snapped onto a portion of the clutch and arranged between two ends of the circlip to secure the circlip in the expanded state. The tool is then removed from the bore, and a yoke is inserted into the bore. The spacer is then removed from the bore allowing the circlip to contract such that the spacer partially occupies both the groove and a circumferential depression in the yoke. This secures the yoke to the clutch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190321953A1 FRONT FINAL GEAR ASSEMBLY TO PROPSHAFT CLIPPING STRUCTURE AND INSTALLATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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