US 12,259,013 B2
Cover for a universal joint of a driveshaft
Ryan D. Hunter, Columbia, TN (US); Caleb R. Hunter, Spring Hill, TN (US); and Scott D. Hunter, Oroville, CA (US)
Filed by Ryan D. Hunter, Columbia, TN (US); Caleb R. Hunter, Spring Hill, TN (US); and Scott D. Hunter, Oroville, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,328.
Application 18/482,328 is a division of application No. 18/174,728, filed on Feb. 27, 2023, granted, now 11,796,009.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,857, filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255032 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16D 3/84 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 3/841 (2013.01) [F16D 2300/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover (100) for a universal joint (10) of a driveshaft (5), said cover comprising:
a first section (110) having a first section first end (111), a first section second end (112) opposite the first section first end, a first section first edge (113) extending between a first section first end first end-point and a first section second end first end-point, a first section second edge (114) extending between a first section first end second end-point and a first section second end second end-point, a first longitudinal axis (α1), and a first radius (r1);
a second section (120) having a second section first end (121), a second section second end (122) opposite the second section first end, a second section first edge (123) extending between a second section first end first end-point and a second section second end first end-point, a second section second edge (124) extending between a second section first end second end-point and a second section second end second end-point, a second longitudinal axis (α1), and a second radius (r1);
at least two cover fasteners (130); and
at least one driveshaft fastener (140); and
wherein at least a first cover fastener of the at least two cover fasteners is configured to connect the first section first edge to the second section first edge; and
wherein the first section first edge is in direct face-to-face contact with the second section first edge;
at least a second cover fastener of the at least two cover fasteners is configured to connect the first section second edge to the second section second edge; and
wherein the first section second edge is in direct face-to-face contact with the second section second edge; and
the at least one driveshaft fastener is configured to connect the cover to the driveshaft or to a yoke (20) of the driveshaft without any portion of the cover contacting the universal joint.