Tube clamp isolator
AssigneeThe Torrington Company
InventorJeffrey H. MacDonald
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Abstract
A clamp isolator for an intermediate shaft assembly comprising an intermediate shaft having a free end and a secondary shaft having a free end. The clamp isolator includes a clamping portion and an isolation portion and interconnects the two shafts. The clamping portion is configured to rigidly clamp upon one of the shaft free ends and the isolation portion includes a substantially hollow housing configured to receive an isolation bushing therein. The isolation bushing has an opening therein configured to receive the other of the shaft free ends.
Claims16
An intermediate shaft assembly comprising:
- an intermediate shaft having a free end;
- a secondary shaft having a free end;
- a clamp isolator comprising:
- a clamping portion configured to rigidly clamp upon one of the intermediate shaft or secondary shaft free end;
- an isolation portion, the isolation portion including a substantially hollow housing configured to receive an isolation bushing therein, the isolation bushing having an opening therein configured to receive the other of the intermediate shaft or secondary shaft free ends;
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- means for securing the received shaft free end within the bushing within the isolation housing.
A clamp isolator for interconnecting two shafts, the isolator comprising:
- a unitary body, the body including:
- a clamping portion adapted to rigidly clamp upon a free end of a first shaft;
- an isolation portion including a substantially hollow housing configured to receive an isolation bushing therein, the isolation bushing having an opening therein adapted to receive a free end of a second shaft;
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- means for securing the received shaft free end within the bushing within the isolation housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.