Transmission joint, part of a transmission line equipped with such a joint and process for installing a joint
AssigneeGlaenzer Spicer
InventorFrancois Moulinet
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Abstract
A transmission joint has a first element connected to a first shaft and mounted in an articulated manner in a second element to form a housing fastened to a transmission member. The housing includes a radial fastening flange mounted axially slidably relative to the outer casing of the housing and an apparatus for immobilizing the fastening flange axially relative to the outer casing of the housing when the second element is in the fixed position on the transmission member. The process employed to assemble the transmission joint temporarily secures the housing relative to the first member until the housing is secured to the fastening flange.
Claims12
A part of a motor-vehicle transmission line comprising a transmission shaft equipped at each of its ends with a transmission joint, said joint including a first element connected to a first shaft and mounted in an articulated manner in a second element forming a housing and fastened to a transmission member, said housing including a radial fastening flange mounted axially slidably relative to an outer casing of the housing and means for immobilizing the fastening flange axially relative to the outer casing of the housing when the second element is in the fixed position on the transmission member.
A transmission joint of the type comprising a first element connected to a first shaft and mounted in an articulated manner in a second element forming a housing and fastened to a transmission member, said housing including a radial fastening flange and an outer casing, said radial fastening flange mounted axially slidably relative to said outer casing of the housing and means for immobilizing the fastening flange axially relative to the outer casing of the housing when the second element is in the fixed position on the transmission member.
A process for installing a transmission joint comprising:
- a) providing a transmission joint including a first element connected to a first shaft and mounted in an articulated manner in a second element forming a housing and fastened to a transmission member, said housing including a radial fastening flange mounted axially slidably relative to an outer casing of the housing and means for immobilizing the fastening flange axially relative to the outer casing of the housing when the second element is in the fixed position on the transmission member;
- b) temporarily immobilizing the housing relative to the first element in a predetermined axial position;
- c) allowing the housing to position itself freely relative to the fastening flange;
- d) immobilizing the fastening flange axially relative to the housing;
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- d) freeing the housing relative to the first element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.