Patent ID: 7827670
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: F16C,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a universal joint, comprising: providing a yoke having an arm with an aperture formed therein, said aperture including a ring groove and a discreet recess communicating with and extending axially beyond an edge portion of said ring groove; providing a spider having a trunnion; inserting said trunnion into said aperture in said yoke; inserting a bearing cup into said aperture in said yoke so as to surround said trunnion; aligning an end segment of said bearing cup in a plane intersecting said ring groove; injecting a molten polymeric material into said groove and said discreet recess; and cooling said molten polymeric material to form a retention member having a lug positioned in said recess for securing said bearing cup to said arm of said yoke.