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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:
Mar. 20, 1979
Filed:
May. 20, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Waldemar Armasow, Heidenheim, DE;
Hans Lindenthal, Heidenheim, DE;
Assignee:
Voith Transmit GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
64 1 / ; 64 1 / ; 64 1 / ;
Abstract
A universal joint, with two preferably one-piece joint forks; a crosspiece joins the lugs of each fork; a crosspin at each side of the crosspiece faces a respective fork lug; bearings placed in the passage in each lug that receives a crosspin; the end of each crosspin is tapered narrower in stepped fashion; the roller bearings in each lug passage are correspondingly stepped; the forks are centered by thrust bearings which are preferably at the radially inner side of each fork lug.