Patent ID: 8821301
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A sliding ball type constant velocity joint for a vehicle, comprising; an outer race having grooves formed therein; an inner race installed in the outer race; a plurality of balls for transmitting the rotational power of the outer race to the inner race; and a cage for supporting the balls, the cage being disposed about a central axis and having an inner arcuate surface interfacing with the inner race, the cage including at least one opening extending into the cage from the inner arcuate surface for receiving at least one of the plurality of balls, the inner arcuate surface defining a continuously arcuate segment along the entire opening in a cross sectional plane extending along the central axis, wherein a center of as radius of an outer arcuate surface of the inner race is formed at a different location from a center of a radius of the inner arcuate surface of the cage, and the outer arcuate surface of the inner race has a radius, which is smaller than the radio of the inner arcuate surface of the cage.