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    A constant-velocity joint (also called a CV joint and homokinetic joint) is a mechanical coupling which allows the shafts to rotate freely (without an...
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    universal joint is not a constant-velocity joint. U-joints are also sometimes called by various eponymous names, as follows: Cardan joint, after Gerolamo...
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  • transmission or driveline equipment best known for its mechanical constant velocity universal joint originally manufactured in Britain by Hardy employing patents...
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    descent working at Ford Motor Company who invented a version of constant-velocity joint in 1926. He proposed an improved design in 1936. Rzeppa's design...
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    Jean-Albert Grégoire and Pierre Fenaille developed the Tracta constant-velocity joint in 1926. In October 1928 a sensation at the 22nd Paris Motor Show...
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    largest exporters worldwide of friction-reducing products, such as constant-velocity joints. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of...
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    A Hobson's joint or Hobson's coupling is a type of right-angle constant-velocity joint; rods bent 90° are able to transmit torque around a corner because...
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    the constant velocity joints commonly in use today, the preferred choice of most manufactures of vehicles that had driven front wheels. Tracta joints were...
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  • the world market for constant velocity joints. Around this same time period, GKN acquired larger shares of its other driveline joint ventures with Dana...
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    they have now mostly been replaced by constant-velocity joints or driveshafts with pairs of universal joints or giubos. Rear-wheel drive cars have commonly...
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    universal at the end of the transmission tailshaft, typically a constant velocity joint, and the axle housing is held fast by the torque tube, which anchors...
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    Transmission Automatic transmission Chain drive Direct-drive Clutch Constant-velocity joint Continuously variable transmission Coupling Differential Direct-shift...
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    from Haldex Traction. Additions to the quattro system include a constant velocity joint before the cardan propeller shaft, and a compact rear-axle differential...
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  • Racing. Mechanical limited-slip differentials are also allowed and constant velocity joint tripod driveshafts are also used. All IndyCar Series car drivetrains...
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  • shift- paddles Differential: Locking differential Driveshafts: Constant velocity joint driveshafts Length: 4,470 mm Width: 1,984 mm Height: 1,195 mm Dry...
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    the rotor is transmitted as concentric power to the bit using a constant-velocity joint; the bearing assembly which protects the tool from off bottom and...
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    double-Cardan constant velocity joint to eliminate driveshaft fluctuations, though six-cylinder and earlier V8 models used only one standard universal joint. The...
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    rugged, and inexpensive to manufacture. Only one universal joint or constant-velocity joint (CV) is needed at each steered and driven wheel and none are...
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    short in Genoa, Italy, when a constant-velocity joint broke. Due to the strain of the heavy body and frame, the universal joints had a limited ability to cope...
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    radius arms, and coil springs. Being jointed only at the differential (lacking a modern constant velocity joint as used today with independent suspension)...
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  • vehicles. They are used at both ends of driveshafts, protecting constant-velocity joints from the ingress of dirt, and retaining the grease. They also prevent...
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  • The mechanical limited-slip differential is also allowed and constant velocity joint tripod driveshafts are also used. All Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup...
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  • an economic concept of compensation for a price change Constant-velocity joint, or CV-joint Control volume, a presumed volume for analysing the thermodynamic...
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    Speed Hill Climb. The hard steering was attributed to not having constant-velocity joints for the front halfshafts and to unequal-length halfshafts without...
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    front-wheel-drive system featuring Grégoire's patented Tracta constant-velocity joint and sliding pillar independent front suspension and a live axle...
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    Transmission Automatic transmission Chain drive Direct-drive Clutch Constant-velocity joint Continuously variable transmission Coupling Differential Direct-shift...
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    differential and universal joints between the two half axles. Each half axle connects to the wheel by use of a constant velocity (CV) joint which allows the wheel...
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  • torques are strongly influenced by the position of the driveshaft constant-velocity joint in relation to the steering axis. However, due to other requirements...
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  • 9th, his best starting position to date. His car broke a rear constant velocity joint and hit the 4th turn wall at the end of the pace lap, putting himself...
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    Inspire also was not as tight as its competitors due to the use of Constant-velocity joint installed on the front axle half shafts, but the Inspire did have...
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