1. A yoke for a universal joint of an automotive driveline system comprising;
a dish of a monolithic tubular construction having a base rotatable around a longitudinal axis with said dish having an internal
surface and an external surface and a pair of spaced lugs integral with and extending from said dish being spaced by a plurality
of notches between said spaced lugs, said dish includes an annular wall integral with and extending outwardly from said base,
and
at least one dimple formed in each of said spaced lugs for reducing stress applied to said yoke and preventing said spaced
lugs from bending as said yoke rotates around said longitudinal axis, each of said spaced lugs extends to a head and has a
neck being wider in width than said head and sloping sides interconnecting said head with said neck for reinforcing said yoke
as said yoke rotates around said longitudinal axis.
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