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Apparatus and method for assembling universal joints

US4621402A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

Willi Gossmann · Niederwerrn, DE
Gebhard Pape · Schweinfurt, DE
Norbert Klupfel · Diez, DE
Josef Stark

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 1984
Grant date	Nov 11, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53109
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention pertains to a process and a device for the assembly of universal joints. In order to reduce the defect of center misalignment of the joint parts with respect to each other which characterized the joints after assembly, the center misalignment resulting from different pressing forces on the bearings and from other manufacturing tolerances are measured according to the invention during assembly, whereupon appropriate corrective forces are generated to eliminate the misalignment of the centers.

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