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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:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Terry Loughrin, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
John Zubik, Lockport, IL (US);
Wilhelm Schott, Köln, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GKN Walterscheid GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive shaft assembly to interconnect a driving component and a driven component has a first shaft and a second shaft operably engaged with the first shaft to enable torque transmission and relative axial sliding motion. A joint component operably interconnects one of the first and second shafts to one of the driving and/or driven components. The joint component is rotatable through a specified range of rotation, or 'free-motion'. The joint component is axially fixed relative to one of the second shaft, driving component and/or the driven component.