ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,095, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NTN Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Plunging-type constant velocity universal joint" was invented by Daiki Suzuki (Shizuoka, Japan), Tatsuro Sugiyama (Shizuoka, Japan) and Masazumi Kobayashi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plunging-type constant velocity universal joint includes outer and inner joint members having linear track grooves, balls, and a cage accommodating the balls in pockets. Curvature centers of spherical outer and inner peripheral surfaces of the cage are offset toward opposite sides with respect to a joint center. A range between distances of 10 mm towards deep and o...