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US 2013/0260902 A1Published application
Tripod rolling element with spring ring
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMarco ZORNHAGEN, Alexander MICK
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Abstract
A rolling element of a tripod joint and a tripod joint which has a rolling element is provided. In the rolling element, an annular spring element is provided which spreads the housing inner body and a first housing part and a second housing part of the rolling element apart and presses rolling bodies of the rolling element against raceways of the outer part of the tripod joint.
Claims12
A rolling element of a tripod joint, the rolling element comprising:
- a housing with a first housing part;
- a second housing part;
- a housing inner body that is held between the first and second housing parts;
- a receptacle opening adapted to support a journal of a tripod star of the tripod joint;
- at least two rolling bodies associated with the first and second housing parts, the at least two rolling bodies being adapted to support mutually opposing raceways of a joint outer part of the tripod joint;
- a groove-like receptacle adapted to hold the housing inner body in each of the first and second housing parts;
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- an annular spring element arranged between the housing inner body and the first and second housing parts, the annular spring element being held in a recess on the outside of the housing inner body and/or in a recess in each of the groove-like receptacles in the housing parts, the annular spring element being configured to brace the first and second housing parts against the housing inner body in order to press the rolling bodies against an associated raceway of the joint outer part.
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