US 2011/0033148 A1Published application

Bearing arrangement for a universal joint

AssigneeElbe Holding GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsAchim Braun, Thomas Schmidt

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Abstract

The invention relates to a secured bearing arrangement for at least one journal of a universal joint, said journal being rotatable about an axis of rotation while being mounted in a housing. Said bearing arrangement comprises at least one universal joint housing that is provided with at least one bore which extends in the direction of an axis and has an internal surface as a bearing surface. A bearing bush which has a bearing axis and inside which the journal is mounted so as to be rotatable about its axis or rotation, is mounted on the internal surface within the bore. A securing element allows the bearing bush to be secured within the bore in one axial direction of the bearing axis, said one axial direction facing away from the journal. The securing element is disposed between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing in a radial direction of the bearing axis while being connected to the universal joint housing between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A secured bearing arrangement for at least one journal of a universal joint, able to turn about an axis of rotation, comprising:

a) at least one universal joint housing with at least one bore running in the direction of an axle with an internal surface and
b) a bearing bush arranged in the bore with a bearing axis for a journal, in which the journal can be mounted to turn at least about its axis of rotation, and
c) a securing element to secure the bearing bush inside the bore in the axial direction of the bearing axis facing away from the journal, wherein
d) the securing element is arranged in the radial direction of the bearing axis between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing and connected to the universal joint housing between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing, wherein
e) the universal joint housing has an indentation on the bore, forming a surface coaxial and parallel to the bore, and the securing cover is connected positively to the universal joint housing via the surface and/or
f) the securing element is configured in the form of an adhesive layer between the bearing bush and the universal joint housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/448,995Filed 18 Jan 2008
Priority: DE 10 2007 003 789.019 Jan 2007
Published: 10 Feb 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

F16C 35/067
Mounting or dismounting of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing: fixing them in a housing
F16D 3/382
With a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another: constructional details of other…
F16C 21/005
Combinations of sliding-contact bearings with ball or roller bearings, for exclusively rotary movement: the external zone of a bearing with…
F16C 2361/41
Apparatus or articles in engineering in general: couplings