Constant velocity joint
AssigneeNeumayer Tekfor Engineering GmbH
InventorsDaniel Schoener, Martin Lehmann
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Abstract
A constant velocity joint having an inner hub, an annular outer hub, a plurality of balls and a shaft connection component, with the outer hub in contact with the shaft connection component. The shaft connection component has, at an end region facing the outer hub, a securing structure which is in contact with a contacting structure of the outer hub. The outer hub contacting structure includes recesses corresponding to the raised portions of shaft connection component. The raised portions engage in the recesses to form a securing structure. The tracks and the recesses of the outer hub are arranged axially in alignment with each other.
Claims20
A constant velocity joint, comprising:
- an inner hub having tracks;
- an annular outer hub having tracks corresponding to the inner hub tracks, the tracks of the outer hub defining at least a first inner diameter;
- a plurality of balls;
- and
- a shaft connection component,
- wherein
- the inner hub and the outer hub are arranged such that respective tracks form axially-aligned pairs,
- each of the pairs of tracks receive one of the plurality of balls,
- the outer hub has a contacting structure in the form of recesses,
- at least one recess of the recesses defines at least a second inner diameter less than the first inner diameter,
- the shaft connection component has a securing structure in the form of raised portions at an end region facing the outer hub,
- the outer hub is in contact with the shaft connection component such that the securing structure and the contacting structure are indirectly or directly connected to each other in one or both of a non-positive-locking and a torque-transmitting manner, and
- the tracks of the outer hub and the recesses of the outer hub are axially aligned with each other.
A constant velocity joint, comprising:
- an inner hub;
- an outer hub including recesses;
- a plurality of balls;
- and
- a shaft connection component including:
- raised portions;
- and
- a flange structure including at least one securing recess,
- wherein
- the plurality of balls are received radially between the inner hub and the outer hub, and
- the outer hub is in contact with the shaft connection component such that the raised portions and the recesses are indirectly or directly connected to each other in one or both of a non-positive-locking and a torque-transmitting manner.
A constant velocity joint, comprising:
- an inner hub including tracks;
- an outer hub including recesses and tracks, the tracks of the outer hub defining at least a first inner diameter;
- a plurality of balls;
- and
- a shaft connection component including raised portions,
- wherein
- the plurality of balls are received radially between the inner hub and the outer hub,
- at least one recess of the recesses defines at least a second inner diameter less than the first inner diameter, and
- the outer hub is in contact with the shaft connection component such that the raised portions and the recesses are indirectly or directly connected to each other in one or both of a non-positive-locking and a torque-transmitting manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.