Inline coupler
AssigneeNebraska Irrigation, Inc.
InventorRoger V. Bettenhausen
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Abstract
A yoke assembly for receiving a shaft, the yoke assembly including a main section including a pair of planar surfaces and a shoulder portion; and a subsidiary section with a pair of planar surfaces extending between a proximal wall and a distal wall. The subsidiary section is configured and arranged to be seated and securely attached to the first main section such that the proximal wall of the subsidiary section opposes the shoulder portion of the main section, and the pair of planar surfaces of the main section oppose the pair of planar surfaces of the subsidiary section. The main section and the subsidiary section are configured and arranged to be joined together to form a receiving aperture therebetween.
Claims19
A coupler for connecting a first shaft to a second shaft, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft each extend in an axial direction, the coupler comprising:
- a first yoke assembly including a first forked section and a first receiving section, wherein the first receiving section includes a first receiving aperture configured and arranged to receive the first shaft;
- a second yoke assembly including a second forked section and a second receiving section, wherein the second receiving section includes a second receiving aperture configured and arranged to receive the second shaft;
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- a resilient insert configured and arranged to be seated between said first forked section and said second forked section,
- wherein said first yoke assembly includes a first main section and a first subsidiary section,
- wherein said first main section and said first subsidiary section are configured and arranged to be joined together to form said first receiving aperture therebetween,
- wherein said first subsidiary section extends in the axial direction between a distal wall and a proximal wall,
- wherein said first main section includes an intermediate wall that is configured and arranged to face said proximal wall of aid first subsidiary section,
- wherein said intermediate wall of said first main section includes one of an alignment projection or a complementary alignment notch and said proximal wall of said first subsidiary section includes the other of said alignment projection or said complementary alignment notch, and further wherein said alignment projection is configured and arranged to mate with said complementary alignment notch, and
- wherein said first main section includes the entirety of said first forked section.
A yoke assembly for receiving a shaft, the yoke assembly comprising:
- a main section including a pair of planar surfaces and a shoulder portion;
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- a subsidiary section with a pair of planar surfaces extending between a proximal wall and a distal wall, wherein said subsidiary section is configured and arranged to be seated and securely attached to said first main section such that said proximal wall of said subsidiary section opposes said shoulder portion of said main section and said pair of planar surfaces of said main section oppose said pair of planar surfaces of said subsidiary section,
- wherein said main section and said subsidiary section are configured and arranged to be joined together to form a receiving aperture therebetween, and
- wherein when said main section and said subsidiary section are in an assembled condition, said proximal wall of said subsidiary section is in direct contact with said shoulder portion of said main section.
A coupler for connecting a first shaft to a second shaft, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft each extend in an axial direction, the coupler comprising:
- a first yoke assembly including a first forked section and a first receiving section, wherein the first receiving section includes a first receiving aperture configured and arranged to receive the first shaft;
- a second yoke assembly including a second forked section and a second receiving section, wherein the second receiving section includes a second receiving aperture configured and arranged to receive the second shaft;
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- a resilient insert configured and arranged to be seated between said first forked section and said second forked section,
- wherein said first yoke assembly includes a first main section and a first subsidiary section,
- wherein said first main section and said first subsidiary section are configured and arranged to be joined together to form said first receiving aperture therebetween,
- wherein said first subsidiary section extends in the axial direction between a distal wall and a proximal wall,
- wherein said first main section includes an intermediate wall that is configured and arranged to face said proximal wall of said first subsidiary section, and
- wherein when said first main section and said first subsidiary section of said first yoke assembly are in an assembled condition, at least a portion of said proximal wall of said first subsidiary section is in contact with at least a portion of said intermediate wall of said first main section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.