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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:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre Louis Guimbretiere, Neauphle-le-Chateau, FR;
Assignee:
GKN Automotive AG, Lohmar, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
464111 ; 464167 ; 464905 ;
Abstract
A slidable transmission joint has guides which ensure the cooperation of each arm (6) of a tripod element with associated tracks (7, 8). The guides have different overall sizes in the two circumferential directions. A spherical surface (3A) associated with each arm has an axis (Y--Y) which is parallel to a radius (13) of the male element (1) and perpendicular to the straight line joining the center of the spherical surface (3A) to the center of the layer guide and is offset from this radius in a direction away from the larger guide.