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US 11,598,378 B2Granted
Coupling with improved bush-ring connection
AssigneeFlender GmbH
InventorsMichael Kropp, Niklas Sondermann
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Abstract
A coupling includes a plurality of laminations forming a lamination package and having lamination holes arranged flush to form an assembly opening, a ring, and a bush accommodated in the assembly opening and having a first end area connected to the ring via a form-fit connection.
Claims15
A coupling, comprising:
- a plurality of laminations forming a lamination package and having lamination holes arranged so as to be in alignment with an assembly opening;
- a ring;
- a bush made of a metallic material and received in the assembly opening and having a first end region connected to the ring via a releasable form-fit connection in an axial direction, wherein a first latching groove is embodied in a first end area of the bush and a second latching groove is embodied on an inner surface of the ring;
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- an intermediate ring arranged in an assembled state of the coupling in the first latching groove and the second latching groove opposite the first latching groove, with the intermediate ring establishing a non-positive connection and the releasable form fit connection between the bush and the ring.
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A method for manufacturing a coupling, comprising:
- forming a lamination package with a plurality of assembly openings;
- inserting a bush made of a metallic material into an assembly opening of the lamination package;
- placing an intermediate ring in a first latching groove is embodied in a first end area of the bush or a second latching groove embodied on an inner surface of a ring;
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- connecting the bush to the ring by pressing the ring onto the bush such that the intermediate ring is located in the first latching groove and the second latching groove opposite to the first latching groove in an assembled state of the coupling, to thereby establish a releasable form-fit and non-positive connection in an axial direction between the bush and the ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.