US 10,378,589 B2 · Sliding cage of universal joint for vehicle

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sliding cage of universal joint for vehicle, and more particularly, to a sliding cage of universal joint for vehicle for making a shaft joint and a pipe joint smoothly slide as well as operating an elastically contacted needle bearing, installed to the sliding cage, when a universal joint is slipped or delivers rotating torque. The present invention provides a sliding cage of universal joint for vehicle, comprising: a sleeve; a plurality of mountings positioned to keep distance along the longitudinal direction of the outer side of the sleeve; and a needle bearing and a ball bearing which are installed to the mountings, wherein the sliding cage is provided to the universal joint constructing a steering apparatus for vehicle, thereby being assembled to deliver torque while being slipped toward axial direction.

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Dependent claims

A sliding cage of a universal joint of a vehicle, the universal joint comprising a shaft part connected to a pipe part by the sliding cage in an axial direction, the sliding cage comprising:

a sleeve;
a plurality of mountings positioned along a longitudinal direction of an outer surface of the sleeve;
and
a needle bearing and a first ball bearing and a second ball bearing, all of which are installed in one of the plurality of the mountings,
wherein the needle bearing is installed to a central part of one of the plurality of mountings and the first and second ball bearings are installed to both ends of the needle bearing respectively;
wherein the sliding cage is provided to deliver torque while being slipped toward the axial direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sliding cage of universal joint for vehicle

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Sliding cage of universal joint for vehicle

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Abstract

Claims8