Abstract: A shaft system for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The shaft system includes a tube. A constant velocity joint is secured to the tube. The shaft system also includes a plug arranged within the constant velocity joint wherein the plug is secured within the joint by a weld curl that is also used to secure the constant velocity joint to the tube.

Abstract: The invention relates constant velocity fixed universal joints A fixed constant-velocity ratio universal joint, comprising an outer joint part, an inner joint part, a ball cage and a plurality of balls. The ball cage is disposed between the inner and outer joint parts and includes windows in which respective balls are received and constrained such that their centers lie in a common plane. At least two opposing windows are wider than said outer joint part lands to accommodate receiving the lands during assembly. The cage includes substantially spherical inner and outer surfaces which engage the land surfaces on the inner and outer joint parts respectively. The ball cage also includes a relief groove between at least one pair of adjacent windows thereby providing a reduced circumference for the ball cage outer surface in the region of the groove.

Abstract: The invention relates to a constant velocity fixed universal joints A fixed constant-velocity-ratio universal joint, comprising an outer joint part, an inner joint part, a ball cage and a plurality of balls. The ball cage is disposed between the inner and outer joint parts and includes windows in which respective balls are received and constrained such that their centers lie in a common plane. At least two opposing windows are wider than said outer joint part lands to accommodate receiving the lands during assembly. The cage includes substantially spherical inner and outer surfaces which engage the land surfaces on the inner and outer joint parts respectively. The ball cage also includes a relief groove between at least one pair of adjacent windows thereby providing a reduced circumference for the ball cage outer surface in the region of the groove.

Abstract: Labeling equipment has a support rotatably driven about a central shaft and above a stationary bench, the support carrying label shafts pivoted by gear assemblies so that curved label plates on the label shafts are glue-coated over their full area by rolling off a glue roller when the support is rotating, removing labels from a label box and transferring the labels to a label transfer device. The gear assemblies each have a gear segment pivotably resting on a gear assembly shaft borne in the support and meshing with a pinion of the label shaft, the gear segment being pivotably driven by a cam follower moving along a cam curve in the bench. Clutches are coupled in a predetermined angular position of the support to disengage individual label plates from their constrained motion to block label removal. The cam follower is carried by a pivoting arm on the gear assembly shaft, the arm being engageable by means of a clutch with the gear segment.