MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517081157 A) filed by Ntn Corporation, Osaka, Japan, on Aug. 27, for 'attachment structure for constant-velocity universal joint boot.'
Inventor(s) include Kondo Rina; Konomoto Takeyoshi; and Izumino Junichi.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This attachment structure for a boot is obtained by fitting an annular protrusion section 26, provided on the inner peripheral surface of a large-diameter cylindrical part 21 (fixing part A) of the boot 20, to a first annular groove 8, provided on the outer peripheral surface 6a of a boot fixed part B of an outer joint member 2, and securely fastening the outer peripheral surface of the fixing part A with a boot band 24 in a state in which annular protrusions 10 provided on both sides of the first annular groove 8 in the axial direction are pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the fixing part A, and thereby attaching and fixing the fixing part A to the boot fixed part B. Support parts 11 which contact and support the inner peripheral surface 21a of the fixing part A from outside the range of the band width of the boot band 24 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the boot fixed part B, and are disposed on both sides of the boot band 24 in the axial direction."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 14, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/010089.
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