Patent ID: 6350202
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B60K,F16D,F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A constant velocity fixed joint comprising:an outer part having a first longitudinal axis and a cavity provided with outer running grooves; an inner part arranged in the cavity and defining a second longitudinal axis; an outer face of said inner part being provided with inner running grooves, said outer running grooves and said inner running grooves being arranged opposite one another in pairs and in meridian planes and extending in an undercut-free way from a first joint end; a cage having hollow spherical partial face supported on a corresponding outer spherical face of the inner part, said cage having windows distributed according to pairs of an outer running groove and an inner running groove; balls guided in the windows and supported on window faces arranged near the first joint end, with an outer face of the cage across the entire range of articulation covered by the inner joint part relative to the outer joint part being at a distance from the inner face of the cavity; a control element provided with a spherical control face and with a guiding face; and a supporting element having a hollow spherical contact face with the control element with its guiding face being supported on a supporting face of the inner part, on which supporting face the second longitudinal axis is positioned at a right angle, and, by means of its control face, being supported on the contact face, and with the supporting element being fixed to one of the outer part or a component connected to the outer part, and with the control element and the supporting element being arranged towards the first joint end.