| 摘要 |
1,108,816. Universal joints; disc brakes. SOC. ANON. ANDRE CITROEN. 16 July, 1965 [23 July, 1964], No. 30419/65. Headings F2E and F2U. A elastic and sliding universal joint provided between each of two road-wheel driving half shafts 2 and final drive output shafts 1 in an automotive vehicle, comprises a sliding coupling and an elastic coupling in series, the sliding coupling comprising three radial pins carried by the shaft 2 and having mounted thereon, for free sliding and rotational movement, barrelshaped rollers 16 engaging straight, cylindrically contoured, grooves 15 in a casing 14, and the elastic coupling comprising three, or three pairs, of axially directed studs 4 screwed in a plate 3 of the shaft 1 and carrying elastomeric, e.g. synthetic rubber, sheaths 7 engaging, without play, recesses 12 in said casing. The studs 4 also clamp a brake disc 11 to the plate 3. The grooves 15 and the rollers 16 may have wear-resistant bushings. The sheaths 7 are double frusto-conical and are mounted on shouldered sleeves 5 which together with the sheaths are retained in pairs by strips 8 and nuts and washers 9, 10. The sheaths may be prestressed between the sleeves 5 and recesses 12, alternatively they may be cemented or cured on the sleeves or recesses. A leather or synthetic rubber dust-sealing bellows may be clamped over the shaft 2 and one side of the casing 14, the other side of which may be closed by a metal cover 21. |
