Patent ID: 6692363
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: F16C,F16D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A steering shaft double joint comprising:two shaft ends; two joints, each shaft end being connected nonrotatably to one of the joints; a housing, the two joints being disposed in the housing; a ball joint arranged between the two joints, the ball joint including: a ball connected to one of the shaft joints, a receptacle connected to the other shaft joint, wherein the ball is rotatably disposed in the receptacle and is axially slidable relative to the shaft end to which the receptacle is connected, a bushing disposed between the ball and the receptacle, and an elastic element disposed radially between the receptacle and bushing, the elastic element allowing the ball to be elastically moveable in the receptacle in a direction lateral to the shaft end to which the ball is connected, wherein the elastic element is made from an elastomer.