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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:
Feb. 01, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacques P Dore, Colombes, FR;
Assignees:
Automobiles Peugeot, Velizy, FR;
Automobiles Citroen S.A., Velizy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
464111 ; 464132 ;
Abstract
A sliding universal joint for automobiles having a driving element in the form of socket, connected to a driving shaft and having at least two roller tracks cooperating with rollers mounted by their bores on trunnion pins of a hub connected to a driven shaft. Retainers (11, 21) for retaining the rollers (5) on their trunnion pins (6) are provided with toothed friction surfaces (16, 24) to hold the rollers during manipulation, and against the centrifugal force which occurs during functioning of the joint.