Patent ID: 6250811
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B60B,B60G,F16C,F16D,G01P

Abstract:
A tone wheel built-in constant velocity joint comprising a housing having an end portion, a middle portion, an inner peripheral surface formed with an axially long engagement groove or recess and an outer peripheral surface formed with an anchoring groove, a rotatable shaft inserted into the housing and having an outer peripheral surface, a rotation transmitting member provided between the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable shaft and the engagement groove or recess of the housing, an inner ring fixedly fitted onto the middle portion of the housing to partly form a rolling bearing unit, and a boot made of a resilient material and having one end portion fixedly fitted onto the end portion of the housing, a stop ring engaged with the anchoring groove on the outer peripheral surface of the housing between the one end portion of the boot and the inner ring to prevent the inner ring from moving with reference to the housing, and a retaining ring fixedly fitted onto the stop ring, and part of the retaining ring formed with a detected portion for a tone wheel having a circumferential property changing alternately with a uniform interval.