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US 2007/0037627 A1Published application
Tripod joint
OwnerJuergen Henkel, Peter Muenich +2inventors
InventorsJuergen Henkel, Peter Muenich, Rolf Schroeder, Guenter Woerner
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Abstract
A ball body is guided in a partially cylindrical hole into which a guide ring is inserted to secure it axially and to guide the pivoting movement. The tripod joint is suitable for the displaceable and pivotable driving connection of two shaft ends, in particular in conjunction with drive trains or side shafts of motor vehicles.
Claims5
A tripod joint for transmitting a driving torque between two driving elements of a drive train, comprising:
- a joint inner part;
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- a joint outer part holding the joint inner part, the joint inner part having a tripod star including ball bodies with pins, the ball bodies in each case mounted in a recess in a pressure body pivotable with respect to the pressure body, the pressure body and a rolling body configured to transmit the driving torque to the joint outer part, the recess in the pressure body including a cylindrical subregion, at least one guide ring inserted into the pressure body in a region of a cylindrical subregion, a ball body supported with respect to the pressure body via the guide ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.