Constant velocity ball joint

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8523687
APP PUB NO 20120015751A1
SERIAL NO

13182545

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A joint, particularly a constant velocity ball joint, including an inner hub and an outer hub, which hubs exhibit respective inner and outer ball tracks which are associated with each other in pairs, and further including balls disposed in the pairs of associated inner and outer ball tracks, the tracks being configured such that at the contact points of the balls with the ball tracks the tangential planes form an angle of inclination, and the ball tracks exhibiting at any given time a continually changing curvature, as a result of which the angle of inclination is constant.

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HOFER POWERTRAIN INNOVATION GMBH72622 NÜRTINGEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gregor, Thomas Remlingen, DE 3 2
Lutz, Mathias Tuebingen, DE 15 70

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