Rotary shafts – gudgeons – housings – and flexible couplings for ro – Housing – With rolling body supporting shaft in housing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-24
2010-10-12
Binda, Greg (Department: 3679)
Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro
Housing
With rolling body supporting shaft in housing
C403S359500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07811176
ABSTRACT:
A wheel hub/universal joint assembly (11) comprising a rotatably supported wheel hub (21) which is provided with a wheel flange (22) for bolting on a vehicle wheel and which comprises a central through-aperture (29) with inner shaft teeth (30), and a universal joint (41) with an outer joint part (42) to which there is attached a driving journal (43) with outer shaft teeth (53), wherein the driving journal (43) is inserted into the through-aperture (29) and wherein the wheel hub (21) and the outer joint part (42) are connected to one another in a rotationally fast way by inter-engaging inner and outer shaft teeth (30, 53), and wherein, between the wheel hub (21) end facing the joint and an end face (50) of the outer joint part (42), which end face (50) faces the wheel, there is provided an axial free space (81), wherein between the wheel hub (21) and the driving journal (43), there includes a clamping element which load the wheel hub (21) towards the outer joint part (42) and wherein, for supporting the wheel hub (21) on the driving journal (43), a securing ring (86) is inserted into an outer annular groove (85) against which there rests an end face of an inner widening (32) in the wheel hub (21).
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Binda Greg
GKN Driveline Deutschland GmbH
Rader & Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
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