US 12,429,095 B2
Plunging-type constant velocity universal joint
Daiki Suzuki, Shizuoka (JP); Tatsuro Sugiyama, Shizuoka (JP); and Masazumi Kobayashi, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to NTN CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/873,481
Filed by NTN CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 22, 2023, PCT No. PCT/JP2023/018969
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/243319, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-097480 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0163971 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. F16D 3/227 (2006.01); F16D 3/223 (2011.01)
CPC F16D 3/227 (2013.01) [F16D 2003/22303 (2013.01); F16D 2003/22309 (2013.01); Y10S 464/906 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plunging-type constant velocity universal joint, comprising:
an outer joint member comprising a cylindrical inner peripheral surface having a plurality of linear track grooves extending along an axial direction;
an inner joint member comprising a spherical outer peripheral surface having a plurality of linear track grooves which are opposed to the plurality of linear track grooves of the outer joint member, and extend along the axial direction;
a plurality of torque transmission balls incorporated between the plurality of linear track grooves of the outer joint member and the plurality of linear track grooves of the inner joint member; and
a cage, which is configured to accommodate the torque transmission balls in pockets, and comprises a spherical outer peripheral surface and a spherical inner peripheral surface, which are guided in contact with the cylindrical inner peripheral surface of the outer joint member and the spherical outer peripheral surface of the inner joint member, respectively,
a curvature center of the spherical outer peripheral surface of the cage and a curvature center of the spherical inner peripheral surface of the cage being offset toward opposite sides in the axial direction with respect to a joint center,
wherein a range between a distance of 10 mm toward a deep side and a distance of 10 mm toward an opening side from a center portion of a sliding range of the track groove of the outer joint member in the axial direction of the joint is defined as a center range, and a region in which a PCD of the track grooves of the outer joint member becomes smallest is formed in the center range,
wherein a minimum value of a PCD clearance in the track grooves in the center range is set to from 0.010 mm to 0.100 mm, and
wherein a PCD mutual difference of the track grooves of the outer joint member in the center range is set to 0.150 mm or less.