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One anticipation of the universal joint was its use by the ancient Greeks on ballistae. [2] In Europe the universal joint is often called the Cardano joint (and a drive shaft that uses the joints, a Cardan shaft), after the 16th century Italian mathematician, Gerolamo Cardano , who was an early writer on gimbals, although his writings mentioned ...
A Rzeppa-type CV joint. 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 appreciable increase in friction or backlash) and compensates for the angle between the two shafts, within a certain range, to maintain the same velocity.
Ball joints allow a limited range of smooth movement in all directions Ball Joint Animation. A ball joint is used for allowing free rotation in two planes at the same time while preventing translation in any direction, [1] including rotating in those planes. Combining two such joints with control arms enables motion in all three planes ...
It is a joint venture (JV) between the ex-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), merged into Stellantis in 2021, which owns 67% of the operation, and the Republic of Serbia, which owns the remainder. The company headquarters and assembly plant are located on the former site of Zastava Automobiles (1953–2008) – 70 miles south of Belgrade on the ...
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to access a new market, particularly emerging market; to gain scale efficiencies by combining assets and operations; to share risk for major investments or ...
This joint is quick to make with production line machinery and so is a very common joint in factory-made furniture. Cross dowel joint: A threaded metal dowel is inserted into a drilled slot. A screw is then inserted through an opposing slot and tightened to create a pull effect. This type of join is a very common joint in factory-made furniture.
The company, led by CEO George Mienie, has since transitioned from only an automotive classifieds magazine business to an online business via autotrader.co.za. In 2013, four local shareholders acquired autotrader.co.za. as well. [13] On 2 November 2017, The Competition Tribunal approved the merger between AutoTraderZA & Naspers subsidiary OLX ...
Most joint disorders involve arthritis, but joint damage by external physical trauma is typically not termed arthritis. Arthropathies are called polyarticular (multiarticular) when involving many joints and monoarticular when involving only a single joint. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in people over the age of 55.