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US 2007/0183844 A1Published application
Tooth profile of a spline shaft
AssigneeErnst Grob AG
InventorNiculo Steinrisser
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Abstract
A groove profile for a positive hub-shaft connection has a hub having a plurality of grooves with an essentially quadrilateral groove cross section and a shaft having a plurality of grooves with an essentially quadrilateral groove cross section. Additionally, the groove profile has at least one rib radially projecting from one of the grooves of the hub or shaft towards one of the grooves of the other of the hub or shaft.
Claims19
1 - 10. (Canceled).
A groove profile for a positive hub-shaft connection comprising:
- a hub having a plurality of grooves with an essentially quadrilateral groove cross section;
- a shaft having a plurality of grooves with an essentially quadrilateral groove cross section;
- at least one rib radially projecting from one of the grooves of the hub or shaft towards one of the grooves of the other of the hub or shaft.
A telescopic tube for drive shafts, comprising:
- an outer tube having a plurality of grooves with an essentially quadrilateral groove cross section;
- an inner tube having a plurality of grooves with an essentially quadrilateral groove cross section;
- at least one rib radially projecting from one of the grooves of the outer tube or inner tube towards one of the grooves of the other of the outer tube or inner tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.