Patent ID: 6692397
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60N,F16H

Abstract:
A clearance take-up joint comprising:a first leaf having an inner gear with a center, a stub with a wedge-shape outer periphery formed on the first leaf at the center of the inner gear and an axial hole defined through the stub; a second leaf having a central hole with an inner surface defined in the second leaf and an external gear meshing with the inner gear in the first leaf; a cap securely attached to the first leaf; a driving member mounted in the central hole in the second leaf and adapted to be non-rotatably attached a shaft; a supporting base received in the central hole in the second leaf; at least one driven wedge-shaped segment mounted around the stub on the first leaf and supported on the supporting base, each at least one driven wedge-shaped segment having an inner wedge-shaped surface mating with the wedge-shaped outer periphery of the stub on the first leaf and an outer periphery abutting against the inner surface of the central hole in the second leaf; a wedge arrangement arranged between the supporting base and each at least one driven wedge-shaped segment; and a resilient member arranged between the cap and each at least one driven wedge-shaped segment.