Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha

Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Nsk Corporation

Minoru Ishijima

Yasumasa Mizukoshi

Toshihiro Ikeda

A constant velocity joint of tripod type which is both highly strong and durable, and which can maintain a low axial force and low shudder when transmitting torque at a joint angle. The constant velocity joint of tripod type comprises a roller assembly including an outer roller, an inner roller and a needle bearing located therebetween. The outer roller is provided with needle bearing retaining rings and needle bearing stop rings, at each of its upper and lower ends, respectively. The inner roller moves relative to the outer roller in the axial direction. The outer face of the inner roller and the inner face of the outer roller have generally spherical shapes of dimensions similar to each other to freely engage, respectively. The outer face of the trunnion is provided with a partially cylindrical portion with inclined relative to a trunnion centerline.

Constant velocity joint of tripod type

The object of the invention is to provide a constant velocity joint of tripod type which is both highly strong and durable, and which can minimize rolling resistance when transmitting torque at a joint angle. A tripod type constant velocity joint comprises a housing secured to a first rotating shaft and a tripod having trunnion axes spaced apart equally in a circumferential direction and securing equally to the second rotating shaft. The cross section normal to the trunnion axis is shaped to an ellipse and the direction of its short diameter is arranged parallel to the second rotational shaft.

A constant velocity joint of a tripod type comprising a housing formed with three recesses having first and second guide grooves each extending axially in the housing, a tripod comprising trunnions with a bearing assembly having an inner roller and an outer roller in a rolling contact relationship and the first and second guide grooves formed such that the outer roller is tightly pressed on the first guide groove when a rotating force is transmitted, and that the axis of each of the trunnions is displaced from a parallel relationship with the flat bottom face of the first guide groove when the outer roller is pressed thereon with the joint angle kept zero.

Tripod type constant velocity joint

In a tripod type constant velocity joint, out of the pair of guide surfaces, the guide surface on the anchor side to tightly press the outer peripheral face of the outer roller when the rotational torque is transmitted in a predetermined direction is made non-parallel to the central axis of the trunnion under a zero joint angle condition, and there are provided guide portions each having a contact surface to contact with a side face of the outer roller at the anchor side on the side on which a distance between the guide surface on the anchor side and the central axis of the trunnion is extended.

A clamp band has an inner end and an outer end. A first tool engaging portion to be engaged with one of paired clamping force application portions of a clamping tool, a first clamp portion and a projection adjacent to the first clamp portion are formed in sequence as viewed from a tip edge of the inner end. A second clamp portion to be engaged with the first clamp portion is formed near a tip edge of the outer end, and a second tool engaging portion to be engaged with the other clamping force application portion of the clamping tool is formed on the outer end at a position further from the tip edge. A distance between the first clamp portion and the projection and a distance between the second clamp portion and the tip edge of the second end are selected such that the tip edge of the second end is juxtaposed to an end edge of the projection when the first clamp portion is engaged with the second clamp portion.

Clamping band

This specification discloses a fastening band surrounding a cylindrical fastening member mounted on a member to be fastened and having the opposite end portions thereof adapted to be superposed one upon the other when the fastening member is fastened to the member to be fastened. A rectangular hole and slot extending long in the lengthwise direction of the body of the band are formed in succession from the fore end in a first end portion which is the outer side when the opposite end portions are superposed one upon the other. The end edge of the rectangular hole which is adjacent to the fore end provides a first tool engaging portion. A first projection for tentative fastening and regular fastening is inwardly formed on the end edge of the slot which is adjacent to the fore end. A second tool engaging portion comprising a protuberance, a second projection for tentative fastening and a third projection for regular fastening are outwardly formed in succession from the fore end on a second end portion which is the inner side when the opposite end portions are superposed one upon the other. By applying a force in the tangential direction of the fastening band in its tentatively fastened state to the first tool engaging portion, the first projection is caused to ride over the third projection and thereafter is caused to engage the third projection to thereby bring about a regularly fastened state.

Fastening band and fastening tool therefor

A clamp band has a pair of end portions formed in a loop-like shape around a cylindrical clamp member mounted on a member to be clamped and overlapped with each other and imparted a tangential clamping force and engaged with each other to clamp the clamp member to the member to be clamped. The first end portion which is the outer side during overlapping is formed with a first projection projectedly provided radially inwardly and a first clamping force imparting portion to which a clamping force is imparted during clamping, and the second end portion which is the inner side during overlapping is formed with a second projection projectedly provided radially outwardly and engaged with the first projection and a second clamping force imparting portion which is located more adjacent to the side opposite to the fore end of the second end portion than the second projection and to which a clamping force is imparted during clamping, and during clamping, a tangential clamping force is imparted to the first and second clamping force imparting portions to increase the amount of overlap, and the first and second projections are brought into engagement with each other to support a circumferential force, thereby clamping the clamp member to the member to be clamped.

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Isesaki, Japan

Minoru Ishijima