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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Masafumi Yamamoto, Mooka, JP;
Inventor:
Masafumi Yamamoto, Mooka, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flexible section is provided between a small-diameter tube section and a bellows section of a boot for a joint, and the flexible section has a greater flexibility than the small-diameter tube section. When a spline shaft is displaced so as to incline relative to a constant velocity joint, deformation stress acting in the boot is relaxed by allowing the flexible section to deflect (bend). This inhibits the inner wall surface of the small-diameter tube section from separating from the sidewall surface of the spline shaft.