Tripod joint and inner joint part of a tripod joint
OwnerThomas Weckerling, Orkan Eryilmaz +1inventors
InventorsThomas Weckerling, Orkan Eryilmaz, Julian Lehnert
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OwnerThomas Weckerling, Orkan Eryilmaz +1inventors
InventorsThomas Weckerling, Orkan Eryilmaz, Julian Lehnert
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A tripod joint has an outer joint part, an inner joint part and a plurality of roller bodies and the outer joint part has a receptacle for the inner joint part extending along a first axis of rotation and three raceways extending along the first axis of rotation and distributed in a circumferential direction. The joint inner part has a central body extending along a second axis of rotation and three journals extending from the central body along a radial direction, each having a journal axis and being distributed in the circumferential direction. One of the roller bodies is arranged on each journal, which contacts the journal with an inner circumferential surface and the respective raceway with an outer circumferential surface.
A tripod joint comprising at least an outer joint part and an inner joint part as well as a plurality of roller bodies wherein the outer joint part has a receptacle for the inner joint part extending along a first axis of rotation and three raceways extending along the first axis of rotation and distributed in a circumferential direction wherein the joint inner part has a central body extending along a second axis of rotation and three journals extending from the central body along a radial direction, each having a journal axis and being distributed in the circumferential direction, wherein one of the roller bodies is arranged on each journal which contacts the journal with an inner circumferential surface and the respective raceway with an outer circumferential surface wherein each journal has contact surfaces for contacting the inner circumferential surface a first contact surface being oriented at least towards a first circumferential direction and a second contact surface being oriented at least towards a second circumferential direction directed in the opposite direction to the first circumferential direction wherein, when the axes of rotation are arranged coaxially to one another, the first contact surfaces have a first pitch circle radius the second contact surfaces have a second pitch circle radius and the raceways have a third pitch circle radius, wherein at least the first pitch circle radius and the second pitch circle radius have different values from one another.
An inner joint part for a tripod joint comprising at least a central body extending along a second axis of rotation and three journals extending from the central body along a radial direction each having a journal axis and arranged distributed in the circumferential direction, each journal having contact surfaces for contacting a roller body of the tripod joint which can be arranged on each journal a first contact surface being oriented at least towards a first circumferential direction and a second contact surface being oriented at least towards a second circumferential direction directed in the opposite direction to the first circumferential direction wherein the first contact surfaces have a first pitch circle radius and the second contact surfaces have a second pitch circle radius, wherein the first pitch circle radius and the second pitch circle radius have different values from each other.
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