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US 5,295,911 AGranted
Horizontal shear mode flexible coupling
OwnerRaymond E. Hoyt, III, Jerry L. Hauck +1inventors
InventorsRaymond E. Hoyt, III, Jerry L. Hauck, Tom Artunian
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Abstract
A flexible coupling for joining two shafts having teeth of a first hub overlapping with teeth of a second hub, the teeth being engaged by projections of a split flexible belt wrapped around the coupling and held in place by a retainer ring.
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A flexible coupling comprising:
- first and second hubs, each having respective first and second faces;
- first and second pluralities of teeth extending from the respective one of said first and second faces, the teeth on said first face overlapping the teeth of said second fact to form respective pairs of overlapped teeth with respective gaps between respective pairs of overlapped teeth;
- a split, flexible belt having openings defining projections thereon, each said projection occupying a respective said gap;
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- an endless metal retainer band mounted adjacent said belt.
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A flexible coupling comprising:
- first and second hubs, each having respective first and second faces;
- first and second pluralities of teeth extending from the respective one of said first and second faces, the teeth on said first face overlapping the teeth of said second face to form respective pairs of overlapped teeth with respective gaps between respective pairs of overlapped teeth;
- a motion transmitting means extending generally around the hubs for engaging the overlapped teeth and cooperating with the teeth to transmit rotation from one of the hubs to the other;
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- a retaining means positioned around the motion transmitting means for holding the motion transmitting means in contact with the teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.