Textured ball tracks in tripot type housings
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsJon N. Miller, Eduardo Mondragon, Jeffrey P. Courville
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Abstract
A tripot housing includes a housing body that extends between a first housing end and a second housing end along an axis. The housing body defines a guide channel that extends from the first housing end towards the second housing end. The guide channel has a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall that extends between the first wall and the second wall. At least one of the first wall, the second wall, and the third wall includes a selectively textured functional area.
Claims19
A tripot housing, comprising:
- a housing body extending between a first housing end and a second housing end along an axis, the housing body defining a guide channel that extends from the first housing end towards the second housing end, the guide channel having a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall extending between the first wall and the second wall, at least one of the first wall, the second wall, and the third wall includes a selectively textured functional area.
A tripot housing, comprising:
- a housing body having an outer surface and an inner surface each extending between a first housing end and a second housing end along an axis, the inner surface of the housing body defining:
- a separator radially extending towards the axis and axially extending from the first housing end towards the second housing end, and
- a guide channel disposed adjacent to the separator, the guide channel radially extending towards the outer surface and axially extending from the first housing end towards the second housing end, the guide channel having a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall extending between the first wall and the second wall, at least one of the first wall, the second wall, and the third wall includes a first selectively textured functional area.
A method of manufacturing a tripot housing, comprising:
- providing a housing body extending between a first housing end and a second housing end along an axis;
- forming a plurality of guide channels that axially extend from the first housing end towards the second housing end and the plurality of guide channels are radially spaced apart each other about the axis;
- and
- selectively texturing at least one of the plurality of guide channels to define a selectively textured functional area by a metal removing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.