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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Kiyoharu Higashino, Gunma-ken, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering joint device for a car comprises a first universal joint coupled to a steering shaft, a second universal joint connected to the steering gear device side, and an anti-vibration device connected between the first universal joint and the second universal joint. The first universal joint comprises a first yoke member to be connected to the steering shaft, a second yoke member connected to the anti-vibration device, and a first cross shaft member for connecting the first yoke member to the second yoke member, the second universal joint comprises a third yoke member to be connected to the steering gear device side, a fourth yoke member connected to the anti-vibration device, and a second cross shaft member coupled between the third yoke member and the fourth yoke member, and the anti-vibration device is connected by two first pins to the bottom plate portion of the second yoke member through the two holes formed therethrough, and connected by pins on a straight line which makes a predetermined angle &thgr; (where 0<&thgr;≦90°) with a straight line which connects the centers of the pin connected portions to the bottom plate portion of the fourth yoke member through two holes formed on the bottom plate portion of the fourth yoke member.