US 12,247,641 B2
Automotive intermediate shaft transmission arrangement
Gerhard Spengler, Jettingen (DE); Simon Martin, Muehlacker (DE); Andre Geisser, Jettingen (DE); and Dmitry Mezhevitin, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/355,434.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 118 290.8 (DE), filed on Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026954 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 1/06 (2006.01); F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F16H 1/08 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 1/06 (2013.01) [F16C 19/545 (2013.01); F16H 1/08 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02043 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive intermediate shaft transmission arrangement comprising:
a rotatably and floatingly supported intermediate shaft body which supports an external input toothing and an external output toothing rotationally fixed,
wherein the input toothing is oppositely angled with respect to the output toothing so that the resulting axial forces act in opposite directions with respect to each other,
wherein the intermediate shaft body is exclusively supported by a plurality of floating radial rolling bearings,
wherein two longitudinal ends of the intermediate shaft body are respectively axially supported by an axial bearing,
wherein outer rings of two of the plurality of floating radial rolling bearings are respectively defined by a sheet metal outer ring,
wherein running surfaces of the axial bearings formed as rolling bearings are each defined by a sheet metal body,
wherein each axial bearing is arranged between a first sheet metal body and a second sheet metal body,
wherein each second sheet metal body is arranged between a respective axial bearing and a respective longitudinal end of the intermediate shaft body,
wherein each second sheet metal body includes a first flange, a second flange opposite the first flange, and an intermediate portion between the first and second flanges,
wherein the first flange extends axially along the intermediate shaft body,
wherein the intermediate portion extends radially along the respective longitudinal end of the intermediate shaft body, and
wherein the second flange extends axially away from the intermediate shaft body.