Patent ID: 7235017
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A constant velocity fixed joint comprising: joint parts including a joint outer part and a joint inner part; said joint outer part and said joint inner part having crossed ball raceways, said ball raceways of said joint outer part and said ball raceways of said joint inner part being assigned to one another such that said ball raceways form ball raceway pairs; balls disposed in respective ones of said ball raceway pairs; a cage held in place at one of said joint parts, said cage having windows formed therein for receiving said balls; one of said joint parts having a cage guiding surface with a given section, said cage being held axially in a first direction by said given section of said cage guiding surface; a termination element provided as a separate element at said one of said joint parts, said termination element having a counterface, said cage being held axially in a second direction opposite the first direction by said counterface of said termination element; said cage guiding surface of said one of said joint parts having an undercut-free region toward said termination element; and said ball raceways defining a pitch circle diameter, said pitch circle diameter increasing in a direction towards a side opposite said termination element, and said cage having a tendency to move away from said termination element during operation.