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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Franz-josef Adams, Köln, DE;
Angel Alvarez-mendez, Stolberg, DE;
Ralf Andreas Schellhaas, Köln, DE;
Volker Steude, Köln, DE;
Peter Josef Strötgen, Wülfrath, DE;
Guido Kochsiek, Leopoldshöhe, DE;
Franz-Josef Adams, Köln, DE;
Angel Alvarez-Mendez, Stolberg, DE;
Ralf Andreas Schellhaas, Köln, DE;
Volker Steude, Köln, DE;
Peter Josef Strötgen, Wülfrath, DE;
Guido Kochsiek, Leopoldshöhe, DE;
Abstract
Ball cage for homokinetic joints, formed from a blank that is configured as a substantially annular spherical segment, the ball cage includes: window-type ball pockets located along an equator with substantially equator-parallel bearing surfaces that interact with joint balls, with substantially annular functional zones that are designed at least on outer ring edge areas and that interact with a joint bell, and with substantially annular functional areas that are designed on inner ring areas and interact with the joint spider, wherein on the blank at least some of the functional zones are elevated compared to the neighboring areas of the ball cage.