Patents by Inventor Anoop VASU

Anoop VASU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle driveline component having housing assembly with slugs for inhibiting relative movement between a housing member and a tube
    Patent number: 11619249
    Abstract: A vehicle driveline component with a housing, a tube and a plurality of slugs. The housing has a tube mount with a body and a plurality of slug bores. The body defines a tube bore that extends along an axis. The slug bores are spaced circumferentially apart about and are formed through the body. Each of the slug bores intersects the tube bore. The tube is received in the tube bore. Each of the slugs is received into an associated one of the slug bores and is welded to the tube. Each of the slugs engages an inside surface of one of the slug bores to inhibit movement of the tube relative to the tube mount. The body has a wall thickness and each of the slugs engages the inside surface of one of the slug bores over a distance that is less than the wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Anoop Vasu, Cory J. Padfield, Chih-Hung Chung
  • VEHICLE DRIVELINE COMPONENT HAVING HOUSING ASSEMBLY WITH SLUGS FOR INHIBITING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN A HOUSING MEMBER AND A TUBE
    Publication number: 20230073914
    Abstract: A vehicle driveline component with a housing, a tube and a plurality of slugs. The housing has a tube mount with a body and a plurality of slug bores. The body defines a tube bore that extends along an axis. The slug bores are spaced circumferentially apart about and are formed through the body. Each of the slug bores intersects the tube bore. The tube is received in the tube bore. Each of the slugs is received into an associated one of the slug bores and is welded to the tube. Each of the slugs engages an inside surface of one of the slug bores to inhibit movement of the tube relative to the tube mount. The body has a wall thickness and each of the slugs engages the inside surface of one of the slug bores over a distance that is less than the wall thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Anoop VASU, Cory J. PADFIELD, Chih-Hung CHUNG
  • VEHICLE DRIVELINE COMPONENT WITH WELDMENT HAVING AIR POCKET CONFIGURED TO SHIFT RESIDUAL STRESS IN WELDMENT AWAY FROM THE WELD JOINT
    Publication number: 20210308806
    Abstract: A weldment includes a first component, a second component, and a weld joint coupling the first and second components together. The weld joint forms a heat affected zone in the first component and creates residual tensile stress in the first component. The first and second components cooperate to define a pocket configured to position a highest magnitude of the residual tensile stress in the first component in a location that is outside of the heat affected zone of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Anoop VASU, Shizhu XING, Jifa MEI, Chih-Hung CHUNG, Ravi S. DESAI