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US 2018/0298939 A1Published application
Drive Shaft Assembly
AssigneeAero Industries, Inc.
InventorTimothy K. Searfoss
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Abstract
A system includes a pair of gearboxes each having an output shaft. A first adapter is connected to the output shaft of the first gearbox, and a second adapter is connected to the output shaft of the second gearbox. A first drive shaft is connected to the first adapter, and a second drive shaft is connected to the second adapter. Each drive shaft may articulate with respect to an axis defined by its associated output shaft through an angle of at least twenty degrees.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a first gearbox and a second gearbox, each gearbox having an output shaft;
- a first adapter connected to the output shaft of the first gearbox;
- a second adapter connected to the output shaft of the second gearbox;
- a first drive shaft connected to the first adapter;
- and
- a second drive shaft connected to the second adapter;
- wherein each drive shaft may articulate with respect to an axis defined by its associated output shaft through an angle of at least twenty degrees;
- and
- wherein the first drive shaft telescopically engages the second drive shaft.
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A drive shaft assembly comprising:
- a first gearbox having a first output shaft;
- a second gearbox having a second output shaft, wherein the first gearbox is offset from the second gearbox in at least one of x-, y- or z-axes;
- a first drive shaft connected to the first output shaft;
- and
- a second drive shaft connected to the second output shaft, the second drive shaft having an inner profile that telescopically engages an outer profile of the first drive.
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A drive shaft assembly comprising:
- a first gearbox having a first output shaft;
- a second gearbox having a second output shaft that engages the first drive shaft through the use of corresponding splines, wherein the first gearbox is offset from the second gearbox in at least one of x-, y- or z-axes;
- a first drive shaft connected to the first output shaft;
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- a second drive shaft connected to the second output shaft, the second drive shaft having an inner profile that telescopically engages an outer profile of the first drive;
- wherein the first drive shaft has an inner profile different than the inner profile of the second drive shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.