CA1067304A - Universal joints - Google Patents

Universal joints

Info

Publication number: CA1067304A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: inner member; balls; joint; cage; grooves
Prior art date: 1975-07-03
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA256,231A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Colin F.S. Turner

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

GKN Automotive Ltd

Original Assignee

GKN Transmissions Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1975-07-03

Filing date

1976-07-05

Publication date

1979-12-04

1976-07-05 Application filed by GKN Transmissions Ltd filed Critical GKN Transmissions Ltd

1979-12-04 Application granted granted Critical

1979-12-04 Publication of CA1067304A publication Critical patent/CA1067304A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
- F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
- F16D3/20—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members
- F16D3/22—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts
- F16D3/223—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts the rolling members being guided in grooves in both coupling parts
- F16D3/226—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts the rolling members being guided in grooves in both coupling parts the groove centre-lines in each coupling part lying on a cylinder co-axial with the respective coupling part
- F16D3/227—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts the rolling members being guided in grooves in both coupling parts the groove centre-lines in each coupling part lying on a cylinder co-axial with the respective coupling part the joints being telescopic
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
- F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
- F16D3/20—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members
- F16D3/22—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
- F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
- F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
- F16D3/20—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members
- F16D3/22—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts
- F16D3/223—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts one coupling part entering a sleeve of the other coupling part and connected thereto by sliding or rolling members the rolling members being balls, rollers, or the like, guided in grooves or sockets in both coupling parts the rolling members being guided in grooves in both coupling parts
- F16D2003/22303—Details of ball cages

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Pivots And Pivotal Connections (AREA)
Automatic Assembly (AREA)
Bearings For Parts Moving Linearly (AREA)
Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)

CA256,231A 1975-07-03 1976-07-05 Universal joints Expired CA1067304A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB27980/75A GB1556363A (en)	1975-07-03	1975-07-03	Universal joints

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1067304A true CA1067304A (en)	1979-12-04

Family

ID=10268350

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA256,231A Expired CA1067304A (en)	1975-07-03	1976-07-05	Universal joints

Country Status (11)

Country	Link
JP (1)	JPS5941049B2 (ko)
AU (1)	AU504617B2 (ko)
CA (1)	CA1067304A (ko)
CH (1)	CH600184A5 (ko)
DE (1)	DE2629966A1 (ko)
ES (1)	ES449496A1 (ko)
FR (1)	FR2316474A1 (ko)
GB (1)	GB1556363A (ko)
IT (1)	IT1071229B (ko)
NZ (1)	NZ181330A (ko)
ZA (1)	ZA763849B (ko)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
JPS55153526A (en) *	1979-05-18	1980-11-29	Nippon Catalytic Chem Ind	Fungus bed cultivation of edible mushroom
DE2931764C2 (de) *	1979-08-04	1985-04-25	Löhr & Bromkamp GmbH, 6050 Offenbach	Getriebene Lenkachse
EP0050421B1 (en) *	1980-10-03	1985-04-17	Hardy Spicer Limited	Constant velocity ratio universal joint
DE3832190C1 (en) *	1988-09-22	1989-10-26	Loehr & Bromkamp Gmbh, 6050 Offenbach, De	Axially displaceable constant-velocity joint

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
FR1360814A (fr) *	1963-04-03	1964-05-15	Citroen Sa Andre	Joint homocinétique coulissant
US3362193A (en) *	1966-06-02	1968-01-09	Bendix Corp	Universal joint
FR1537620A (fr) *	1967-09-25	1968-08-23	Birfield Eng Ltd	Perfectionnements aux joints universels
US3789626A (en) *	1971-03-25	1974-02-05	Uni Cardan Ag	Constant velocity universal joint

1975
- 1975-07-03 GB GB27980/75A patent/GB1556363A/en not_active Expired
1976
- 1976-06-28 ZA ZA763849A patent/ZA763849B/xx unknown
- 1976-06-29 CH CH830076A patent/CH600184A5/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1976-06-29 NZ NZ181330A patent/NZ181330A/xx unknown
- 1976-07-02 DE DE19762629966 patent/DE2629966A1/de not_active Ceased
- 1976-07-02 ES ES449496A patent/ES449496A1/es not_active Expired
- 1976-07-02 FR FR7620305A patent/FR2316474A1/fr active Granted
- 1976-07-03 JP JP51079417A patent/JPS5941049B2/ja not_active Expired
- 1976-07-05 AU AU15553/76A patent/AU504617B2/en not_active Expired
- 1976-07-05 IT IT68673/76A patent/IT1071229B/it active
- 1976-07-05 CA CA256,231A patent/CA1067304A/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
ES449496A1 (es)	1977-07-16
NZ181330A (en)	1979-08-31
ZA763849B (en)	1977-05-25
FR2316474B1 (ko)	1982-11-05
AU1555376A (en)	1978-01-19
DE2629966A1 (de)	1977-01-27
GB1556363A (en)	1979-11-21
FR2316474A1 (fr)	1977-01-28
AU504617B2 (en)	1979-10-18
JPS5941049B2 (ja)	1984-10-04
CH600184A5 (ko)	1978-06-15
IT1071229B (it)	1985-04-02
JPS528252A (en)	1977-01-21

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4027927A (en)	1977-06-07	Universal joints
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EP0050421B1 (en)	1985-04-17	Constant velocity ratio universal joint
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US5290203A (en)	1994-03-01	Constant velocity universal joint having high stress resistance
GB2115520A (en)	1983-09-07	Universal joints
US3664152A (en)	1972-05-23	Constant velocity universal joints
GB2092267A (en)	1982-08-11	Constant velocity ratio universal joint
US4878882A (en)	1989-11-07	Cross groove constant velocity ratio universal joints
US5531643A (en)	1996-07-02	Constant velocity universal ball joint
US6616538B2 (en)	2003-09-09	Constant velocity stroking joint
CA1109282A (en)	1981-09-22	Constant velocity universal joint
CA1067304A (en)	1979-12-04	Universal joints
GB1597093A (en)	1981-09-03	Homokinetic joint of the tripod type
GB2216987A (en)	1989-10-18	Constant velocity ratio plunging universal joint
US4280339A (en)	1981-07-28	Torque transfer device for flexible shaft couplings
EP1669622B1 (en)	2010-12-01	Fixed type constant velocity universal joint
WO1994027056A1 (en)	1994-11-24	Universal joints