Patent ID: 6840864

Claim:
A cardan joint comprising: first and second shafts wherein each shaft has an end; first and second universal joints individually connected to said first and second shafts adjacent said respective ends; an intermediate coupling member positively connected with said first and second universal joints wherein each of said first and second universal joints and both shaft ends being positioned in said intermediate coupling member and wherein said intermediate coupling member comprises a tubular joint housing having a generally cylindrical housing wall presenting a generally cylindrical inner wall surface extending longitudinally between longitudinally spaced open ends of said joint housing defined by circumferentially continuous end portions of said joint housing, and wherein said open ends are about the same size as that of said inner wall surface of said joint housing; and a centering disk positioned in said joint housing and supported radially by said inner wall surface of said joint housing between said first and second universal joints and having a receiving portion engaging both shaft ends which is moveable longitudinally in said joint housing.