Patent ID: 7044859
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: F16C,F16D

Abstract:
1. A universal joint comprising: a yoke having a leg with an aperture extending therethrough; a cruciform having a cylindrical trunnion positioned within said aperture in said leg of said yoke, said trunnion having an end face and a lubricant passage formed in said end face; a plurality of bearings positioned to surround said trunnion; a thrust washer including a disk segment engaging said end face of said trunnion, a cylindrical flange circumscribing said disk segment and extending substantially perpendicular therefrom so as to surround a cylindrical surface of said trunnion, and a prong defining at least two fingers having surface means for engaging said lubricant passage; and a bearing cup having an end segment engaging said disk segment of said thrust washer and a cylindrical tubular segment surrounding said flange of said thrust washer and said bearings.