Patent ID: 6969321

Claim:
A flange yoke for a universal joint comprising: a first yoke half and a second yoke half, wherein the first yoke half has a first separation face that abuts a second separation face of the second yoke half, and wherein the first yoke half has a first flange plate and the second yoke half has a second flange plate, and the flange yoke has a first end face that is formed by the first flange plate and the second flange plate, and wherein the first yoke half has a first bearing portion with a first bearing bore, and the second yoke half has a second bearing portion with a second bearing bore, the bearing portions projecting, respectively, from the first end face of the flange yoke, and the first bearing bore and the second bearing bore being arranged on a common bore axis that perpendicularly intersects a longitudinal axis defined by the flange yoke, and wherein the flange yoke has a second end face that is formed by a first connection face of the first yoke half and by a second connection face of the second yoke half, and wherein at least one step-like recess is formed in the first separation face of the first yoke half, wherein the recess of the first yoke half is formed by a first support face that starts from the first end face and extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, a first clamping face that extends from the first support face and intersects perpendicularly the longitudinal axis, and a first abutment face that extends from the first clamping face continuous into the first connection face and parallel to the longitudinal axis, and wherein at least one step-like projection is formed in the second separation face of the second yoke half that is complementary to the recess, wherein the projection of the second yoke half is formed by a second support face, a second clamping face, and a second abutment face that respectively abut the corresponding faces of the first yoke half, and wherein the first yoke half and the second yoke half are detachably connected to each other by means of attachment screws, wherein the first yoke half has blind holes with internal threads or first through bores that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis and start from the first clamping face, and wherein for each blind hole or for each first through bore, a second through bore is arranged in the second yoke half that, starting from the second connection face, merges in the second clamping face, and wherein the attachment screws, starting from the second connection face, are passed through the second through bores and rest in the blind holes or wherein the attachment screws, starting from the second connection face, are passed through the second through bores and the first through bores and rest in threaded members that are supported on the first end face of the flange yoke.