Flexible coupling
AssigneeC-Flex Bearing Co., Inc.
InventorWayne Arthur Smith
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Abstract
A flexible coupling for flexibly joining two rotating or moveable members includes a unitized body having a first end and a second end coaxial to each other, and therebetween having one or more coaxial longitudinally spaced disks with center holes; two or more axial spacing portions formed from the body of each disk to provide a spacing means and joining means for unitizing the disks to each other; means for joining the unitized disks to the first and second ends; and means at the first end for coaxially connecting to a first one of the two rotating or moveable members, and means at the second end for coaxially connecting to a second one of the two rotating or moveable members.
Claims12
A flexible coupling for flexibly joining two moveable members, the flexible coupling comprising:
- a unitized body having a first end, a second end, and therebetween having two or more longitudinally spaced disks, said disks having a center hole;
- each disk being coaxial to the first and second end, and having two or more axial facing portions of said disk formed in a common axial direction to act as a spacer portion;
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- means for joining each disk, each aligned in a common axial direction to each longitudinally adjacent disk utilizing the surface of the formed spacer portion;
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- means for joining the disk longitudinally adjacent to the first end, to the first end;
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- means for joining the disk longitudinally adjacent to the second end, to the second end;
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- means at the first end for coaxially connecting the first end to a first one of the two moveable members, and means at the second end for connecting the second end to a second one of two moveable members.
A flexible coupling for flexibly joining two moveable members, the flexible coupling comprising:
- a unitized body having a first end, a second end, and therebetween having one or more longitudinally spaced disks, said disks having a center hole;
- each disk being coaxial to the first and second end, and having two or more axial facing portions of said disk formed in longitudinally opposite directions in an alternating rotational sequence to act as spacer portions;
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- means for joining each disk, each aligned in a common axial direction, to each longitudinally adjacent disk utilizing the surface of the formed spacer portions;
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- means for joining the disk longitudinally adjacent to the first end, to the first end;
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- means for joining the disk longitudinally adjacent to the second end, to the second end;
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- means at the first end for coaxially connecting the first end to a first one of the two moveable members, and means at the second end for coaxially connecting the second end to a second one of the two moveable members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.