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US 2024/0159279 A1Published application
Method for fixing boot to constant velocity universal joint
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorTakeyoshi KONOMOTO
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Abstract
fitting a boot 20 to an outer periphery of an outer joint member 2, causing a boot band 100 to circle around an outer periphery of the boot 20, and fastening the boot 20 by reducing a diameter of the boot band 100 are included. A portion (lug portion 111) of the boot band 100 to which a pressing force in an inner diameter direction is applied when the diameter of the boot band 100 is reduced is arranged in a circumferential region R of a thin portion 21S of the boot 20.
Claims13
1-5. (canceled)
A method for fixing a boot of a constant velocity universal joint,
- the boot comprises a large-diameter end having a thin portion and a thick portion alternately in a circumferential direction,
- the method comprising:
- fitting the large-diameter end of the boot to the outer periphery of an outer joint member;
- causing a boot band to circle around an outer periphery of the large-diameter end of the boot;
- and
- fastening the large-diameter end of the boot by reducing a diameter of the boot band,
- wherein a portion of the boot band to which a pressing force in an inner diameter direction is applied when the boot band is reduced in diameter is arranged in a circumferential region of the thin portion of the large-diameter end of the boot.
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A constant velocity universal joint comprising:
- an outer joint member;
- an inner joint member provided in an inner periphery of the outer joint member;
- a boot including a large-diameter end attached to an outer peripheral surface of the outer joint member;
- and
- a boot band for fastening and fixing the large-diameter end of the boot to the outer peripheral surface of the outer joint member,
- wherein the large-diameter end of the boot has a thin portion and a thick portion alternately in a circumferential direction, and
- wherein a portion of the boot band to which a pressing force in an inner diameter direction is applied when fastening and fixing the boot to the outer joint member is arranged in a circumferential region of the thin portion of the large-diameter end of the boot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.