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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Satoru Kudo, Mooka, JP;
Shouichi Nakao, Mooka, JP;
Takeshi Kayano, Mooka, JP;
Tsutomu Kawakatsu, Mooka, JP;
Atsushi Nagaoka, Mooka, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A constant velocity universal joint having a guide groove with a plane section and a rolling surface, an outer roller having an outer circumferential surface formed to have a linear cross section corresponding to the rolling surface and being displaceable along the rolling surface, a holder having an upper end formed to be capable of abutting against or being separated from the plane section, an expanded section having a curved and/or flat configuration and protruding toward a trunnion, and a curved section for making point-to-point contact with the expanded section.