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2. Steering column - Wikipedia

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   4 Universal joint. The automotive steering column is a device intended primarily for ... the lower section of the inner shaft is articulated with universal joints ...

3. List of auto parts - Wikipedia

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   Steering shaft; Steering wheel (driving ... Trailing arm; Transmission system. Adjustable pedal; Axle shaft; Bell housing; Universal joint; Carrier assembly; Chain ...

4. Universal joint - Wikipedia

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   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 only gimbal mountings, not universal joints.

5. De Dion suspension - Wikipedia

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   Universal joints are shown in green. De Dion rear axle. A de Dion axle is a form of non-independent automobile suspension. It is a considerable improvement over the swing axle, Hotchkiss drive, or live axle. [1] Because it plays no part in transmitting power to the drive wheels, it is sometimes called a "dead axle". [2]

6. Twyford Motor Car Company - Wikipedia

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   The second shaft drives the rear axle with a bevel gear and the front axle with a three-part bevel gear, which acts as a primitive form of universal joint. The driving-gear did not use differential gears. The power-steering involved the use of a solid shaft, which lacked steering knuckles. A worm-gear connected the shaft to the front axle. A ...

7. Constant-velocity joint - Wikipedia

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   Animation of a universal joint. The predecessor to the constant-velocity joint was the universal joint (also called a Cardan joint) which was invented by Gerolamo Cardano in the 16th century. A short-coming of the universal joint is that the rotational speed of the output shaft fluctuates despite the rotational speed of the input shaft being ...