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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Steven M. Thomas, Saginaw, MI (US);
William P. Skvarla, Saginaw, MI (US);
Eduardo R. Mondragon-Parra, Freeland, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Courville, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Jon N. Miller, Merrill, MI (US);
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A tripot constant velocity joint includes a housing defining a guide channel. A spider member is received within the housing and includes a trunnion having a functional outer surface with a convex profile defined by a first principal radius of curvature and a second principal radius of curvature different from the first principal radius of curvature. A first inner surface of a first ball member engages the functional outer surface of the trunnion. A first outer surface of the first ball member is provided with a non-symmetric piecewise continuous profile that engages the first sidewall.