Patents Assigned to Firma LWM Lemforder Gelenkwellen GmbH
  • Universal joint shaft, particularly for a steering column of motor vehicles
    Patent number: 4384861
    Abstract: The universal joint shaft, particularly for a steering column of a motor vehicle, includes a tubular outer shaft, a tubular inner shaft slidably mounted in the outer shaft for axial telescoping movement relative to the outer shaft and engageable for rotation therewith, a bearing between the inner and outer shafts, and a guide tube member between the inner and outer shafts for guiding the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft and transmitting torque between the inner and outer shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Firma LWM Lemforder Gelenkwellen GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Lange, Hans Hucklenbroich, Jurgen Ulderup