Telescopic shaft shielding with quick connect assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJavier Jose Perez Ramirez, Thomas Rohlfing, Gregory S. McCunn
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Abstract
A shield assembly for a shaft includes a first tubular section having a first end and a second end and a second tubular section having a first end and a second end. The first and second tubular sections are each hollow receiving the shaft. The first tubular section includes a first outer diameter and the second tubular section includes a second outer diameter, the first outer diameter being greater than the second outer diameter. The first tubular section and the second tubular section are telescopically coupled to one another where the second tubular section is movably disposed at least partially within the first tubular section.
Claims7
A shield assembly for a shaft, comprising:
- a first tubular section comprising a first body having a first end and a second end, the body defining a first hollow channel therethrough from the first end to the second end for receiving the shaft;
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- a second tubular section comprising a second body having a first end and a second end, the body defining a second hollow channel therethrough from the first end to the second end for receiving the shaft;
- a shield coupler for coupling to the first tubular section, the shield coupler including a larger portion including a plurality of tabs extending from a shield coupler end along a length of the shield coupler and, a space formed in the shield coupler end between two of the plurality of tabs, the space providing a location for receiving a tab of another shield coupler;
- wherein, the first tubular section comprises a first outer diameter and the second tubular section comprises a second outer diameter, the first outer diameter being greater than the second outer diameter;
- further wherein, the first tubular section and the second tubular section are telescopically coupled to one another where the second tubular section is movably disposed at least partially within the first tubular section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.