ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,000, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Constant velocity joint" was invented by Tom Schmitz (Hambach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant velocity joint includes an outer part having an opening and a plurality of axially extending race grooves in the opening, an inner part at least partially located in the opening and having an outer surface with a plurality of axially extending race grooves, and a plurality of balls located between in inner and outer parts in the grooves. A first subset of the race grooves in the outer part and/or a first subset the race grooves in the inner par...