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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. 02, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivor G Sankey, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
Colin F Turner, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
Assignee:
GKN Transmissions Ltd., Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2772 / ; 64-8 ; 64 3 / ;
Abstract
A universal joint with outer and inner joint members connected for torque transmission, the inner joint member being received in a cavity in the outer joint member and having a bore in which a shaft is detachably received, has a flexible sealing member which is connected between the outer and inner joint members and has a sealing formation which engages the shaft when present to exclude dirt from the bore in the inner joint member.