Wheel spindle drive element
View Patent ↗A wheel spindle drive element for a wheel disconnect system. The wheel spindle assembling onto an outer diameter of a spindle, displacing material to form a joint with high torque transmission characteristics.
1. A method for coupling a wheel spindle drive element to a spindle, the method comprising:
pressing the spindle drive element onto the spindle;
displacing material on a to-be-formed surface of the spindle with cutting or forming elements disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the spindle drive element; and
retaining the displaced material within a volume disposed between the to-be-formed surface of the spindle and a surface of at least one of the cutting or forming elements.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pressing includes pressing the spindle into an inner diameter of the spindle drive element.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of the spindle relative to a minor diameter of at least one cutting element is based on a ratio of a volume of displaced material of the spindle to an open volume between a major diameter of at least cutting element and the outer diameter of the spindle.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the volume is defined by the to-be-formed surface of the spindle and a surface of at least one cutting or forming element corresponding to a major diameter thereof.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the volume includes a plurality of individual volumes, each individual volume defined by the to-be-formed surface of the spindle and a surface of a respective one of the cutting or forming elements which corresponds to a major diameter thereof.