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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
64 1 / ;
Abstract
A bearing cup is fixed in place in a Hooke's type universal joint by a device which features provision of an annular recess in a bearing cup receiving hole which is drilled in one of the yoke members of the universal joint, and a fixing plate which, before assembly, comprises a truncated conical configuration having four radial legs with the plate being plastically deformed under pressure into a flat configuration during assembly and while seated upon an upper surface of the bearing cup in order to secure the radical legs within the annular recess thereby fixing the bearing cup in place.