Patent · US Expired

Power-transmission joint

US4953421A · kind A · utility

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10References

5Claims

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Assignee

Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Michael Engel · Brück, DE
Karl-Heinz Pepping · Villmar, DE
Gunther Gebhardt · Stadtkyll, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 1989
Grant date	Sep 4, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20612
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power-transmission joint for manual transmissions in motor vehicles for insertion intermediate a drive shaft and a shift rod of said transmission, having a box-like cage forming a frame with a sliding block fixedly arranged in the cage. The sliding block has a central bore therethrough for receipt of a steering journal, and is held in a retaining member which engages the cage in a resilient manner to allow for longitudinal displacement and a predefined rotational movement of the sliding block.

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