Drive Joint and Drive Shaft
AssigneeShaft-Form-Engineering GmbH
InventorsGerald LANGER, Claus DISSER, Volker SZENTMIHALYI
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Abstract
A drive joint, particularly a fixed joint in the form of a counter-track joint, for establishing a connection between two components in the drive train of a motor vehicle. The joint is provided with joint parts such as an inner hub, an outer hub and a ball cage containing torque-transmitting balls as additional joint parts. The outer hub of the drive joint can be destroyed in the case of an accident. The invention also relates to a drive shaft comprising such a drive joint.
Claims16
A drive joint for establishing a connection that is rotationally and axially fixed, but still allows a limited angular movement between two components, said drive joint comprising an inner hub as an inner joint part, an outer hub as an outer joint part, and a plurality of torque-transmitting members as additional joint parts provided between the inner and outer joint parts, wherein said joint is configured in such a way that the outer hub breaks open at least one location when a defined axial force acting upon the drive joint is exceeded, in such a way that an at least approximately radially extending crack is formed in the outer hub, which crack enables the inner hub to disengage from the outer hub.
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