Bearing arrangement for a universal joint

US8308577B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ELBE Holding GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Achim Braun · Nümbrecht, DE
• Thomas Schmidt · Plankstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D3/41
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A secured bearing arrangement for at least one journal of a universal joint, said journal being rotatable about an axis of rotation while being mounted in a housing. The bearing arrangement comprises at least one universal joint housing that is provided with at least one bore which extends in the direction of an axis and has an internal surface as a bearing surface. A bearing bush which has a bearing axis and inside which the journal is mounted so as to be rotatable about its axis or rotation, is mounted on the internal surface within the bore. A securing element allows the bearing bush to be secured within the bore in one axial direction of the bearing axis, said one axial direction facing away from the journal. The securing element is disposed between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing in a radial direction of the bearing axis while being connected to the universal joint housing between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing.