Assembly having a constant velocity joint and a receiving part
AssigneeGKN Lobro GmbH
InventorWerner Jacob
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Abstract
The invention relates to an assembly having a constant velocity joint (1) and a receiving part (16). The constant velocity joint (1) comprises an outer part (2), an inner part (7), a cage (12) and balls (13). The outer part (2), on its outer face, is provided with a centering face (14) by means of which the outer part (2) is centrically received in a centering bore (17) of a receiving part (16). The flange (5) is tensioned against a contact face of the receiving part (16) by fixing bolts (20). The outer part (2) is produced from plate metal by a non-chip producing forming operation. Because of the type of arrangement, it can be correspondingly lighter in weight than a solid part incorporated for the transmission of the same amount of torque.
Claims6
An assembly comprising:
- a constant velocity joint (1, 101) which comprises an outer part (2,102) which is axially open at both ends;
- an inner part (7);
- a cage (12);
- and a plurality of balls (13), wherein the outer part (2,102) and the inner part (7) are provided with running grooves (3, 4, 103, 104;
- 9, 10) for receiving said balls (13) and wherein the cage (12) serves to guide said balls (13), wherein the outer part (2, 102) is formed of plate metal and, at one axial end, comprises a formed-on flange (5, 105) and, towards the other axial end, on its outside, is provided with a cylindrical centering face (14, 114), and wherein the flange (5, 105) is provided with first bores (6, 106) for receiving fixing bolts (20, 120);
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- a receiving part (16, 116) which comprises a cylindrical centering bore (17, 117) for centrically receiving the outer part (2, 102) by way of the centering face (14, 114);
- and second bores (19) which are arranged so as to correspond to the first bores (6, 106), such that the fixing bolts (20, 120) are receivable into the second bores (19) of the receiving part (16,116).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.