| Bendix-Weiss universal joint [¦ben´diks ¦wīs ´yü·nǝ`vǝr·sǝl ´jȯint] MECHANICAL ENGINEERING A universal joint that provides for constant angular velocity of the driven shaft by transmitting the torque through a set of four balls lying in the plane that contains the bisector of, and is perpendicular to, the plane of the angle between the shafts. |