Compliant joint drive assembly

Abstract

A torque transfer assembly includes a drive shaft and a driven shaft and a dielectric connector positioned between. The connector connects the drive shaft and the driven shaft and includes a body of dielectric material defining an insulating barrier between the drive and the driven shaft. The connector includes a dielectric barrier body having a first side from which a protrusion extends, the protrusion configured to engage in a correspondingly shaped recess formed in one of the drive shaft or the driven shaft, and a second side, opposite the first side, in which is formed a recess shaped to receive a correspondingly shaped protrusion extending from the other of the drive shaft or the driven shaft, the connector providing a dielectric barrier between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.