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US 4,787,878 AGranted
High torque cushion drive coupling
OwnerLee F. Nikkelinventor
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Abstract
A high torque cushion drive coupling has two half sections, each of which includes first and second jaw portions which are respectively bonded to a body of resilient material which fills the space between them.
Claims10
A high torque cushion drive coupling for drivingly connecting an output shaft to a drive shaft, comprising:
- a pair of separate coupling half sections, each half section including,
- a first jaw portion adapted to cooperate with the first jaw portion of the other half section to secure the output shaft therebetween,
- a second jaw portion adapted to cooperate with the second jaw portion of the other half section to secure the drive shaft therebetween,
- said first and second jaw portions being arranged in longitudinally overlapping radially spaced-apart relation, and
- a body of resilient material substantially filling the space between said first and second jaw portions and being securely bonded to said first and second jaw portions thereby to form a unitary coupling half section, and
- coacting fastener means on said pair of coupling half sections for securing the output shaft to said first jaw portions and the drive shaft to said second jaw portions whereby said output and drive shafts are drivingly coupled for rotation in unison.
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