Ball-type coupling device for coupling two sliding shafts with pivoting support

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PATENT NO 8678939
APP PUB NO 20130079165A1
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13682396

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Device for coupling an inner shaft and an outer shaft which slide along their common axis with balls positioned between the two shafts. The balls rest directly in axial grooves of the outer shaft and on two rails positioned in axial grooves of the inner shaft. The two rails pivot about the balls, by pressing against flanks of mating curved profile of the axial groove, and are held in place by an elastic element which presses against the bottom of the axial groove.

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ROBERT BOSCH AUTOMOTIVE STEERING VENDÔME SASZI SUD ROUTE DE BLOIS VENDOME 41100

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Capela, David Busloup, FR 4 5
Fevre, Laurent Saint-Sulpice, FR 20 339

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