Patent ID: 6800032
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: F16C,F16D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A steering shaft double joint for motor vehicles comprising:two shaft ends each connected nonrotatably in a respective first and second joint, the first and second joints being operatively arranged in a housing to movably mount the two shaft ends; a ball joint arranged between the first and second joints, the ball joint comprising a ball arranged on one of the shaft ends and a receptacle arranged on the other shaft end, the ball being arranged in the receptacle and being rotatable around the midpoint of the ball and slidably movable in a direction of a shaft axis of the other shaft end; a plastic sliding guide disposed between the receptacle and the ball; and a spring that surrounds radially the plastic sliding guide and is disposed radially between the plastic sliding guide and the receptacle.