Patent ID: 7713130

Claim:
Tripod roller for a constant velocity joint in a tripod construction, comprising: an interior ring; an exterior ring; roller bodies arranged between the interior and exterior rings; and a radially projecting locking ring, two mutually opposing annular shoulders on said interior ring and on said exterior ring limiting axial movement of said roller bodies in one direction, one of said rings having another annular shoulder for limiting the axial movement of said roller bodies in the other direction, said other ring being axially extended and having a circumferential annular groove in which said radially projecting locking ring is received, said locking ring laterally overlapping said one ring, and said another annular shoulder defining a contact face which is spaced from said roller bodies and said two mutually opposing annular shoulders to define a spaced area therebetween, said roller bodies being axially movable within said spaced area.