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Quick connect/disconnect driveline assembly

  • US 6,761,237 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2002
  • Issued: 07/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A driveline assembly comprising:

  • a first shaft operably coupled to a drive axle, said first shaft having a first mount portion and a second mount portion;

    a bearing supporting said first shaft for rotation within said drive axle;

    a retaining ring mounted on said first mount portion for engagement with said bearing to retain said bearing at a desired location along said first shaft; and

    a yoke member mounted on said second mount portion for coupling said first shaft to a second shaft wherein said drive axle is a tandem drive axle including a forward-rear axle having a first center gear assembly and a rear-rear axle having a second center gear assembly, said forward-rear and rear-rear axles being interconnected via an interaxle driveshaft, said first shaft being a thru-shaft driven by said first center gear assembly and said second shaft being said interaxle driveshaft.

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