Folding Bellows Arrangement For A Tripod Joint Unit
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Dec 28, 2006
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Abstract
In order to achieve the object of making available a folding bellows arrangement by means of which the acting clamping forces can be transmitted as uniformly as possible to the joint outer part of a tripod joint unit, it is proposed that such a folding bellows arrangement comprises a folding bellows (12) with a first collar region (20) for attachment to a shaft, and a second rotationally symmetrical collar region for attachment to a joint outer part (18) and a bellows region (16) which is arranged between the first and second collar regions, and an adapter ring (14) with an inner face which is adapted in a cross section to the outer contours of the joint outer part, the folding bellows being formed from an elastic material and the adapter ring being manufactured from at least one first plastic material (56) which has an approximately identical or higher Shore hardness than the material of the folding bellows.
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Country | kind | publication No. | Filing Date | Type | Sub-Type |
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DE | B3 | DE102006008558 | Feb 22, 2006 | Patent | Grant |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant | |||||
PATENT (FIRST PUBLICATION) | Faltenbalganordnung für eine Tripodegelenkeinheit | Aug 02, 2007 | |||
CN | B | CN101384829 | Dec 28, 2006 | Patent | Grant |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant | |||||
GRANTED PATENT FOR INVENTION | Bellows arrangement for tripod joint unit | Nov 16, 2011 | |||
WO | A1 | WO2007095990 | Dec 28, 2006 | Patent | Application |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Application | |||||
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT | FALTENBALGANORDNUNG FÜR EINE TRIPODEGELENKEINHEIT | Aug 30, 2007 | |||
JP | B2 | JP5114434 | Dec 28, 2006 | Patent | Grant |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant | |||||
PUBLISHED GRANTED PATENT (SECOND LEVEL) | FALTENBALGANORDNUNG FÜR EINE TRIPODEGELENKEINHEIT | Jan 09, 2013 |
- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
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GKN DRIVELINE INTERNATIONAL GMBH | HAUPTSTRASSE 130 LOHMAR 53797 |
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- 2006 Application Filing Year
- F16J Class
- 263 Applications Filed
- 130 Patents Issued To-Date
- 49.43 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Scholtz, Thorsten | Rheinbreitbach , DE | 6 | 9 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 9 | |||
Wette, Joachim | Hennef , DE | 20 | 47 |
# of filed Patents : 20 Total Citations : 47 |
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