Transmission
Cardan joints
Article REF: B5810 V1
Transmission
Cardan joints

Author : Pierre GUIMBRETIÈRE

Publication date: January 10, 1997 | Lire en français

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10. Transmission

This is the form in which universal joints are most often used (figure 17 ).

A transmission is a mechanical device designed to drive (in rotation and under torque) a driven shaft from a driving shaft (the two shafts having, within certain limits, any relative displacement) and comprising two centered universal joints joined by a shaft, generally tubular, and a sliding device.

10.1 Isostaticity

It is obtained by :

  • confusion and elimination of the axial hyperstaticity of the two joints, thanks to a sliding connection; this is the sliding device;

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