Patent ID: 6761640
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: F16C,F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
A retainer for retaining a pair of bearing cups on a respective pair of trwinions of a universal joint cross comprising:first and second end portions that are adapted to be disposed about a pair of bearing cups on a respective pair of opposed trunnions of a universal joint cross, each of said first and second end portions being generally cup-shaped and including a circumferential side wall and an outer circular end wall; and a strap portion extending between said first and second end portions, said retainer being expandable from a contracted size, wherein said first and second end portions are spaced apart from one another by a first distance, to an expanded size, wherein said end portions are spaced apart from one another by a second distance that is greater than the first distance, said first and second end portions and said strap portion comprising a single piece of a flexible material.