F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – D
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
16
D
F16D 3/202 (2006.01) F16D 3/205 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2120124
Disclosed is a universal joint comprising an outer joint member having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced longitudinally-extending chambers, each chamber having a curved pair of oppositely-disposed longitudinal sidewalls, and an inner joint member disposed within the outer joint member having a plurality of circumferentially- spaced radially outwardly extending trunnions, each trunnion extending into a respective chamber of the outer joint member and having an exterior surface positioned between the pair of oppositely-disposed longitudinal sidewalls of the respective chamber into which it extends. The universal joint further comprises a plurality of annular outer rollers, each annular outer roller positioned around a specific, trunnion of the plurality of trunnions, the outer roller having an axis of rotation, an exterior surface and an interior surface, the exterior surface in rolling contact with at least one of the pair of oppositely-disposed longitudinal sidewalls of the respective chamber, the interior surface having a pair of lateral edges and being cylindrical between the lateral edges, the axis of rotation of each of the annular outer rollers remaining generally perpendicular to a plane defined by the pair of oppositely-disposed longitudinal sidewalls during angular movement of the joint, and a plurality of arrangements of roller bearings, each arrangement of roller bearings interposed between the annular outer roller and the respective trunnion, each of the arrangement of roller bearings including a plurality of roller bearings, each of the roller bearings having a barrel shaped exterior surface in rolling contact with the interior surface of the outer annular roller and the exterior surface of the respective trunnion.
Gkn Automotive Inc.
Gkn Driveline North America Inc.
Marks & Clerk
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