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7445556 Universal joint  
A universal joint includes a spider, first and second yokes drivingly interconnected by the spider, a plurality of bearing cups and a plurality of retaining members. The first yoke includes spaced...
7320644 Universal joint with bearing retention device and method  
A universal joint includes a spider, first and second yokes drivingly interconnected by the spider, a plurality of bearing cups and a plurality of retaining members. The first yoke includes spaced...
7140968 Universal joint with a securing element  
A universal joint includes two joint yokes that, respectively, have two yoke arms that each start from a connection portion. Through an eye portion distanced from the connection portion, bearing...
7115037 Universal joint and method of servicing a staked universal joint  
Universal joints, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for servicing staked universal joints as well as a u-joint serviced with the method and the apparatus. The service kit includes a...
7004841 Driveshaft assembly with retention mechanism  
A universal joint includes a yoke with a leg having an aperture extending therethrough. The aperture includes an annular groove. The universal joint also includes a cruciform having a trunnion, a...
6918837 Universal joint having a balancing arrangement and balancing weight for same  
A universal joint has a balancing arrangement and a balancing weight for the same. Each yoke arm has a support bore centered on a bore axis, the support bore having a groove. A journal cross...
6855060 Span control sleeve for positioning a bearing cup relative to a yoke in a universal joint assembly  
A universal joint assembly includes a cross and an end fitting having respective rotational centers that are precisely co-axially aligned with one another to minimize rotational imbalance. The...
6840863 Needle roller retention design for tripot joint  
A needle roller retainer for insertion into an outer ball of a tripot style joint includes a cylindrical portion having an inner end and an outer end, a rib portion extending from the inner end of...
6835139 Universal joint having a balancing arrangement  
A universal joint has a balancing arrangement that includes yoke arms having respectively, a support bore, centered on a common bore axis, and the support bore having a groove. A journal cross...
6805635 Retainer for universal joint bearing cups  
A retainer for retaining a pair of bearing cups on an opposed pair of trunnions of a universal joint cross includes a strap having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion...
6776721 Tripot joint  
A tripot joint ( 10 ) includes a tripot housing ( 12 ) having three guide channels ( 24 ) receiving three corresponding trunnions ( 20 ) of a tripot spider ( 16 ). A ball assembly ( 28 ) is mounted...
6761640 Retainer for universal joint bearing cups  
A retainer for retaining a pair of bearing cups on an opposed pair of trunnions of a universal joint cross includes a pair of cup-shaped end portions that are connected together by an intermediate...
6454656 Yoke connections for universal joints  
A unique structure for connecting the cross member of a universal joint to two yokes includes at least a pair of wing bearings bolted to one of the yokes. Preferably, the other yoke utilizes full...
6428418 Universal joint yoke  
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...
6113498 Half round end yoke having angled bolt bores  
A half round end yoke and a pair of retainer straps retain an opposed pair of bearing cups to the half round end yoke in such a universal joint. The half round end yoke includes a body defining an...
5868626 Universal joint yoke having axially-extending grooves  
An improved yoke for use in a universal joint is described having a plurality of axially-extending grooves formed therein. The grooves are formed in the outer cylindrical surface of the sleeve...
5813916 Retained needle thrust washer  
A universal joint bearing assembly incorporates a thrust washer molded from plastic. The plastic thrust washer eliminates the metal galling and metal debris that have been found in prior art...
5797800 Method and apparatus for retaining a bearing cup in a universal joint assembly  
A universal joint assembly includes a cross having a body and at least a pair of outwardly extending opposed trunnions. The trunnions define a trunnion axis. A bearing cup is rotatably mounted on...
5746658 Anti-rotation retainer for universal joint  
A universal joint assembly includes a yoke having an arm with an opening formed therethrough. A bearing cup is mounted on an outwardly extending trunnion of a cross. The bearing cup includes an...
5715600 Bearing cap installation and alignment tool for universal joint  
A tool for installing and aligning a bearing cap in a universal joint so as to position an end surface of the bearing cap a predetermined distance above the outer surface of the arm of the end yoke...
5660592 Angled and pre-stressed clip for retaining a bearing cup in a universal joint assembly  
A universal joint assembly which prevents the bearing cups from rotating relative to the end yokes during use. In a first embodiment, the arms of a half round end yoke are formed having integral...
5643090 Strap for retaining a bearing cup in a universal joint assembly  
A universal joint includes a pair of half round yokes, a cross member and retainer straps. The retainer straps include a main body portion and two end portions, where the end portions have retainer...
5626519 Bearing retainer with bearing retaining projection  
A structure for retaining a plurality of roller bearings within a bearing cup prior to being assembled on a trunnion of a universal joint assembly is disclosed. The bearing cup is generally hollow...
5620374 Bearing cup and retainer strap for universal joint  
A universal joint assembly which prevents the bearing cups from rotating relative to the end yokes during use. In a first embodiment, the arms of a half round end yoke are formed having integral...
5501638 Bearing cup retainer strap for universal joint  
A bearing cup retainer strap for a universal joint assembly prevents a bearing cup from rotating relative to an end yoke during use. The retainer strap includes a central body portion which has an...
5417613 Bearing cup retainer for universal joint  
A structure for retaining a bearing cup mounted on a universal joint cross within an opening formed through an arm of an end yoke during use. An external circumferential groove is formed about the...
5178584 Driveline yoke with headed pin for captivating a universal joint cross  
The yoke of a driveline is formed with diametrically spaced and generally semi-cylindrical pockets for receiving the bearing caps of the cross of a universal joint. A notch is formed in each pocket...
5000609 Retainer for universal joint bearing cups  
An improved device for quickly and reliably retaining a pair of bearing cups on a universal joint cross during purging and shipment thereof is disclosed. The retainer includes a central portion...
4992076 Yoke for hookes universal joint wherein the yoke is divided in the region of the bearing bore  
A Hookes universal joint has each limb (5, 6) of its yokes provided at its free end with a removable portion (15, 115) which, when it is removed, leaves an opening to facilitate fitting of the...
4934979 Bearing assembly for hookes universal joint  
A bearing assembly for a Hookes universal joint including a bearing bush (11) with an external surface (16) for reception in a bore (12) in joint yoke (6), and a support ring (18) screw-threadedly...
4893962 Coupling  
A coupling which transfers torque from one shaft to another through a fitting portion of a key and a keyway. Seal members are provided in gaps which are formed between opposite surfaces of the key...
4861314 Versatile mounting for bearing cups of universal joints  
A versatile mounting is provided for a bearing cup or race located in a yoke arm of a universal joint. The mounting includes an adapter sleeve which receives a bearing cup and enables it to be...
4784629 Bearing retainer strap  
A device for retaining a pair of bearing cups on opposing trunnions on a universal joint cross includes a pair of snap rings and a bearing retainer strap. The snap rings each have an outwardly...
4768995 Hookes universal joint  
A Hookes universal joint has a yoke (15) which comprises a connecting element (24) and limb elements (28, 29) detachably secured thereto. Each limb element has a bore (31, 110) which receives a...
4710038 Bearing cap assembly  
The present invention concerns a unique method and apparatus for machining a bearing cap assembly of the type typically utilized in a universal joint mechanism. The bearing cap assembly includes an...
4682972 Cover plate for universal joint assembly  
In a universal joint assembly consisting of a cross piece having at least one pin supported in a bearing bushing, the bearing bushing having a bottom section and an adjacent sleeve section; at...
4637806 Arrangement for mounting swivel pin bearing in yoke of universal joint  
A swivel pin bearing for rotatably seating a swivel pin in the yoke eye of a yoke arm. The bearing includes a bushing having a base portion and a sleeve portion integrally formed with the periphery...
4540386 Axial securing device for universal joint assembly  
An axial securing device for securing a needle bearing bush in a yoke eye of the yoke arm of a universal joint including an annular groove provided in the yoke eye having at the end thereof facing...
4505689 Mounting for a bearing cup of a universal joint  
A mounting is provided for a bearing cup located in a yoke arm of a universal joint. The mounting includes at least two diametrically-opposite recessed locating surfaces on the closed end of the...
4334415 Universal coupling spider bearing and yoke  
A universal coupling (40) for joining two rotatable shafts (42,43) in driving relation includes a pair of opposed yoke members (48,49) connected together by a multi-legged spider element (51). The...
4300361 Articulated coupling  
This invention concerns an articulated coupling or universal coupling including two coupling halves or forks coupled together. A respective machine part is connectable to each of the coupling...
4221119 Cardan joint of the block bearing type  
Block bearings designed to equip the trunnions of the spider of the joint are provided for fixing by lugs to a flange of the joint mounted on a shaft to be coupled. They include drive tenons...
4179905 Bearing system in a universal joint  
A bearing system in a universal joint for journaling each of the bearing pins at a cross trunnion includes a journal for receiving each one of the trunnion pins. At least two of the journals are...
4173129 Universal joint structure with improved seal  
An improved seal for use in a universal joint structure. The seal includes a C-shaped seal ring which is loaded into sealing engagement with an associated bearing cap by a load ring compressively...
4138863 Universal joint cross with adjustable bearing cups  
Studs are threaded into the end walls of the bearing cups of a universal joint cross and may be adjusted into contact with the outer ends of the trunnions to take up axial end play between the...
4103512 Universal joint and cross therefor  
A universal joint includes a cross operably connected therein, the cross comprises a body having four trunions extending therefrom along two mutually perpendicular lines, a lubrication network in...
4077235 Bearing arrangement for universal joints  
In a bearing arrangement for universal joints, a shaft fork has a pair of laterally spaced arms each supporting a roller bearing in a bore. Located between the arms is a cross joint member which...
4000628 Device for fixing a bearing cup in a Hooke's type universal joint  
A bearing cup is fixed in place in a Hooke's type universal joint by a device which features provision of an annular recess in a bearing cup receiving hole which is drilled in one of the yoke...
3958431 Universal joint and method for making the same  
A universal joint comprises a pair of yoke assemblies universally connected by a journal cross having each of its journals rotatably mounted in a cylindrical bearing race. The bearing race is...
3937035 Universal joint  
In a Hooke's joint comprising two yoke elements interconnected by a connecting member, the connecting member has trunnions received in respective bearing cups which are fitted in apertures formed...
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