Profile: Belden Universal is a manufacturer of universal joints (also called cardan joints), drive-shaft assemblies and couplings. Our universal joints are designed and manufactured from components that are precision ground, and hardened. Our cardan joints are coupling devices that transmit torque and rotary motion from one shaft to another at fixed or varying angles of intersection. Double joints may be recommended in situations where a single universal joint can't compensate for the misalignment between driving and driven shafts.