Patent ID: 7140967
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: F16C,F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A displacement joint, comprising: an outer joint part having circumferentially spaced recesses to form tracks; a tripod mounted in fixed rotative engagement to a driveshaft and including a tripod spider which has spherical tripod arms spaced circumferentially in symmetric disposition for engagement in the recesses; and roller bearing assemblies fitted in the outer joint part for support of the tripod arms, with each tripod arm being guided by two of said roller bearing assemblies in parallel tracks, each of the roller bearing assemblies having a bearing shell, which receives the tripod arm, a concave receptacle for the tripod arm, rolling members disposed between the track of the outer joint part and an outer side of the bearing shell, a cane having a trough-shaped configuration and made through a process without material removal for guiding the rolling members and the bearing shell, and a positioning device for the bearing shell, wherein the tripod arm has an outer contour of a convexity which does not complement the concavity of the receptacle so as to define a gap area between the tripod arm and the receptacle of the bearing shell.