Patent · US Expired

Universal joint yoke

US6428418B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

NACAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH · DE

Inventors

Herbert Appelt · Diepholz, DE
Sonja Winsel · Uchte, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2000
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D3/387
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A universal joint yoke with two parallel yoke legs, which have a partial area for a bearing eye hole, is presented, in which the inner sides of the yoke legs facing one another have areas of thickened material in the unfinished state in the areas of the bearing eye holes. Due to this feature according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a sufficient mounting overlap for the needle bearings arranged in the bearing eye holes, on the one hand, and a maximum possible passage is obtained at the same time for a through hole necessary for the connection to connection profiles in the universal joint yoke.

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