BALL TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT

摘要

A constant velocity joint including an outer race including a plurality of outer race ball grooves on an internal surface thereof; an inner race arranged inside the outer race and including a plurality of inner race ball grooves on a peripheral surface thereof; a plurality of balls respectively received in the outer and inner race ball grooves for transmitting a torque between the outer race and the inner race; and a cage arranged between the outer and inner races and including a plurality of window portions that respectively receive balls in a circumferential direction thereof. On at least one of a plurality of groove wall protrusions that are configured by sidewall surfaces of the inner race ball grooves adjoining cutouts are respectively formed on axially opposite sides of an inner race on a peripheral side of the inner race.