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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1982
Werner Krude, Siegburg-Kaldauen, DE;
Karl-Heinz Muller, Wissen, DE;
Uni-Cardan Aktiengesellschaft, Siegburg, DE;
Abstract
A universal joint assembly having a universal joint which includes a pair of joint yokes and a cross member with an input and an output shaft being connected, respectively, to each of the joint yokes is formed to include a sealing boot of resilient material which is connected at its ends to both the input and the output shafts on opposite sides of the universal joint to completely cover the joint. The sealing boot is particularly constructed to include internal formations intermediate the ends thereof which engage with the joint yokes of the universal joint to provide additional fixing support connecting the sealing boot in sealing engagement over the universal joint.