Patent ID: 6918837
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: F16C,F16D,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A universal joint having a balancing arrangement comprising: two joint yokes having, respectively, two yoke arms in which, respectively, a support bore, centered on a common bore axis, is arranged, the support bore having a groove; a journal cross assembly having four journals of which, respectively, two are arranged on a common axis, which axes intersect each other perpendicularly, having bearing bushings having, respectively, a bottom and an outer face, and in which bearing bushes, respectively, a journal is supported, wherein, respectively, the bearing bushings are received in the support bores; a retaining ring provided in each support bore and serving to fix the bearing bushing and for this, engaging in the groove of the support bore; and a balancing weight, formed as a disc, having radially, at the outside in reference to the bore axis, a fixing portion arranged between the bottom and the retaining ring, the balancing weight also including a balancing mass portion having a thickness that increases radially from the fixing portion towards the bore axis representing a mass for balancing an imbalance.