Double cardan yoke assembly

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A YOKE ADAPTED FOR USE IN A DOUBLE CARDAN UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING MEANS ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO A TORQUE TRANSFERRING MEMBER, A FIRST WEB CONNECTED TO SAID MEANS AND EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, A FIRST AND A SECOND PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS, SAID FIRST PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS BEING INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM SAID FIRST WEB IN RADIAL SPACED RELATIONSHIP AND SAID SECOND PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS BEING SECURED TO AND EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM SAID FIRST PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS, A SECOND WEB INTEGRAL WITH AND INTERCONNECTING SAID SECOND LUG PORTIONS AND HAVING PILOT MEANS EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREFROM, ONE PAIR OF SAID LUG PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN AXIAL PROJECTION THEREON EXTENDING TOWARD THE OTHER PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS, SAID ONE PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS EACH DEFINING A RADIALLY EXTENDING OPENING THEREIN AND EACH DEFINING AN INNER ENGAGING SURFACE, SAID RADIALLY EXTENDING OPENING BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN SAID PROJECTION AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID ONE LUG PORTION WHEREBY THE BASE OF SAID PROJECTION LIES SUBSTANTIALLY ON A LINE EXTENDING THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID OPENING, EACH OF SAID OTHER PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS HAVING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING CONCAVE OPENING THEREIN RECEIVING SAID PROJECTION AND ENGAGING THE BASE THEREOF, THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID CONCAVE OPENING AND THE BASE OF SAID PROJECTION BEING DRIVINGLY ENGAGED WHEREBY TORQUE IS TRANSFERRED BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AT APPROXIMATELY THE CENTERLINE OF SAID OPENINGS, A CUP-SHAPED BEARING RACE HAVING A CLOSED END AND AN OPEN END AND HAVING A PERIPHERAL SNAP RING GROOVE ADJACENT THE OPEN END THEREOF AND BEING DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID RADIAL OPENINGS WITH THE OPEN END THEREOF FACING RADIALLY INWARDLY AND THE SNAP RING GROOVE POSITIONED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF SAID LUG PORTION RECEIVING THE SAME, A JOURNAL CROSS HAVING AT LEAST A PAIR OF OPPOSED TRUNNIONS WITH ONE TRUNNION BEING ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID BEARING RACES, A SNAP RING POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID SNAP RING GROOVES AND ABUTTINGLY AND POSITIONINGLY ENGAGING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID ONE PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS, THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS HAVING LATERALLY ALIGNING ABUTMENT MEANS THEREON ABUTTINGLY AND POSITIONINGLY ENGAGING SAID INNER SURFACE OF SAID ONE PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS WHEREBY SAID INNER SURFACE OF SAID ONE PAIR OF LUG PORTIONS LATERALLY ALIGNS SAID PORTIONS AND POSITIONS SAID BEARING RACES.