Patent ID: 7736239
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A fixed homokinetic joint comprising: (a) an inner hub; (b) an outer hub; (c) a carrier housing encompassing and surrounding the outer hub; (d) a plurality of tracks associated together in pairs provided in each of said inner hub and said outer hub; (e) a plurality of balls received in said tracks; (f) a cage guiding said balls to transfer a torque between said inner hub and said outer hub; (g) a sealing arrangement comprising a bellows having a plurality of folds, a radially outer edge and a radially inner edge, said outer edge being coupled to the carrier housing and the inner edge being coupled to the inner hub with the crests of the folds which are located in a section between the outer edge and the inner edge running essentially in one plane located approximately perpendicular to an axis of the inner hub; (h) a closure cover which is not integrally formed with either the outer hub or the carrier housing and which is pressed into the carrier housing to form a seal; and (i) a cap encompassing and surrounding the carrier housing and the outer hub.