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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1978
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A joint of the type with an outer member having an inner cylindrical surface provided with an inner member having an outer diameter spherical surface and a cage member mounted on the inner member having an inner spherical surface and an outer diameter spherical surface which are eccentric with respect to each other. The cage member is provided with plural balls mounted in its respective windows, and the respective balls are in engagement with corresponding respective pairs of longitudinal directional guide grooves made in mutually facing surfaces of the outer member and the inner member. There is also provided an annular guide member mounted at its inner spherical surface and its outer cylindrical surface so as to be interposed between the cage member and the outer member.