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Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts February patents, inventions by USPTO category 02/07

20070042826 - Universal joint: In inexpensive structure, a rotation center of a ball portion provided on a rotation shaft is prevented from moving. A universal joint is provided with a rotation shaft (21) having a ball portion (22) provided at an end thereof and a pair of projections (24, 25) formed on a diameter... Agent: Wolf Block Schorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070042827 - Convoluted boot assembly: The invention relates to a convoluted boot which serves to seal an annular gap between an outer joint part of a tripode joint and a shaft connected to the inner joint part of the tripode joint. The convoluted boot 1 comprises an elastic adapter ring 2 for being attached to... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070037626 - Constant velocity universal joint and inner member thereof: An inner ring is configured to simultaneously ensure the strength thereof and the dimensional accuracy of a female spline portion of a shaft hole thereof in the case where the female spline portion is subjected to heat treatment. Also it is configured to suppress the backlash of spline fit with... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070037627 - Tripod joint: A ball body is guided in a partially cylindrical hole into which a guide ring is inserted to secure it axially and to guide the pivoting movement. The tripod joint is suitable for the displaceable and pivotable driving connection of two shaft ends, in particular in conjunction with drive trains... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070032302 - Centering sleeve: A centering sleeve of a propeller shaft designed to receive a gearbox pin and having a tube and a rubber body. The tube has a first section of larger outside diameter, a second section of smaller outside diameter, and a connecting area of increased radial stiffness, which connects the two... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson PC

20070032303 - System for connecting a shaft to a joint: The invention relates to a system for connecting a shaft to a joint, and to a corresponding method, wherein a shaft journal embodied on the end of the shaft that is to be connected to the joint can be inserted into a recess of a joint connection. The aim of... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070026951 - Cross joint: A cross joint comprises yokes each formed with a bearing hole and a spider shaft rotatably fitted into the bearing hole through a rolling bearing. The spider shaft is formed with a contact portion with the rolling bearing, the contact portion having its outside diameter larger than an outside diameter... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070026952 - Steering shaft: A steering shaft includes a sleeve member; a shaft member inserted into the sleeve member; at least two rolling element sets each including a plurality of rolling elements, and each being disposed between the sleeve member and the shaft member, the rolling element sets being arranged in a circumferential direction;... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070026953 - Joint boot: In a joint boot to be mounted on an outer housing having a non-circular outer contour, intended to axial positioning without impairing the mountability to the outer housing. The joint boot (10) comprises a boot body (18) including a large-diameter attachment part (12), a small-diameter attachment part (14) and a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070026954 - Driveshaft with a coupling joint for a motor vehicle: The invention concerns a driveshaft (1) with a drive joint (9) for an vehicle, in which the drive joint (9) features a joint inner portion and joint outer portion (12), which are axially placed into one another and contain rolling elements associated with lead-in tracks (16, 17) between them. In... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070026955 - Inertia ring for suppression of driveshaft radiated noise: A combination of an inertial body and a shaft including an elongated hollow member having a vibration characteristic that includes a bending mode and a breathing mode, the bending mode vibration characteristic and the breathing mode vibration characteristic having closely coupled resonance frequencies. An inertial body is attached to the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl