Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Katsuji Ohtsubo

Toshimitsu Sakai

Hitoshi Mizutani

Toshikatsu Taniguchi

Kiyoshi Sakaguchi

A universal joint of the type including: a first shaft to which tripod shafts are secured radially from the axis thereof; three rollers formed at the outer peripheries thereof with spherical surfaces and with which the tripod shafts are crowned; and a second shaft provided therein with raceways identical in number with the rollers and on which the outer peripheries of the rollers roll and are supported. The universal joint further includes a plurality of oil grooves provided at contact-roll surfaces between the rollers and the cylindrical raceways.

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Aichi, Japan

Katsuji Ohtsubo