Patent ID: 7987573
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of containing oil and grease distributed from a universal joint of a drive train, comprising: providing a universal joint cover including a shell, and one or more fastening mechanisms carried by the shell for attaching the shell over the universal joint, the shell being a removable, reusable outer flexible shell and the universal joint cover further including a removable, flexible liner removably attachable to the flexible shell; applying the universal joint cover over the universal joint so that both the shell and the liner are simultaneously applied over the universal joint; collecting oil and grease distributed from the universal joint with the universal joint cover; removing the universal joint cover so that both the shell and the liner are simultaneously removed from the universal joint; removing the liner from the shell; replacing the liner with another new removable, flexible liner; inserting the liner into the shell; applying the universal joint cover over the universal joint so that both the shell and the liner are simultaneously applied over the universal joint.