Flexible coupling assembly
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorJeffrey Mathis
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Abstract
A flexible coupling assembly for a power transmission system including a first shaft defining an axis, configured for connecting to a first rotating member, the first shaft adjoining and passing through a first flexible diaphragm coupling and lockably connecting to a quill shaft by a locking flange and the quill shaft being configured for connecting to a second rotating member, including a first mating portion for receiving the locking flange of the first shaft within a circumferential opening, wherein the quill shaft is disposed within a primary diaphragm coupling shaft.
Claims9
A flexible coupling assembly for a power transmission system comprising:
- a first shaft defining an axis, configured to connect to a first rotatable member;
- a first flexible diaphragm coupling configured to have a portion of the first shaft pass axially therethrough;
- a quill shaft having a circumferential opening configured to receive the first shaft and receive a locking flange of the first shaft for connecting the quill shaft to the first shaft, the quill shaft further being configured to connect to a second rotating member;
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- a primary diaphragm coupling shaft positioned radially outward of the quill shaft, wherein the locking flange includes at least one radial protrusion for mating with a cutout within a first mating portion of the quill shaft.
A flexible coupling assembly for a power transmission system comprising:
- a first shaft defining an axis, configured to connect to a first rotatable member;
- a first flexible diaphragm coupling configured to have a portion of the first shaft pass axially therethrough;
- a quill shaft having a circumferential opening configured to receive the first shaft and receive a locking flange of the first shaft for connecting the quill shaft to the first shaft, the quill shaft further being configured to connect to a second rotating member;
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- a primary diaphragm coupling shaft positioned radially outward of the quill shaft, wherein the quill shaft adjoins a second side of a second flexible diaphragm coupling and passes through the second flexible diaphragm coupling.
A flexible coupling assembly for a power transmission system comprising:
- a first shaft defining an axis, configured to connect to a first rotatable member;
- a first flexible diaphragm coupling configured to have a portion of the first shaft pass axially therethrough;
- a quill shaft having a circumferential opening configured to receive the first shaft and receive a locking flange of the first shaft for connecting the quill shaft to the first shaft, the quill shaft further being configured to connect to a second rotating member;
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- a primary diaphragm coupling shaft positioned radially outward of the quill shaft, wherein a mating portion of the quill shaft includes a larger outer diameter than an outer diameter of a non-mating portion of the quill shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.