Deformable drive shaft

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1986-06-05

1988-05-10

Stodola, Daniel P.

Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro

Torque transmitted via flexible element

Nonmetallic element

464181, F16C 102, B60K 1722

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047432195

ABSTRACT:
A deformable drive shaft includes drive side and driven side connections and a flexible intermediate section interconnecting the connections, the flexible intermediate section being formed of an alternating sequence of disc-shaped rigid segments and disc-shaped flexible segments, the formed rigid segments having surfaces with complementary funnel-shaped projections and funnel-shaped depressions formed thereon, the funnel-shaped projections of a given formed rigid segment extending through an adjacent flexible segment into adjacent respective funnel-shaped depressions of the next formed rigid segment.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2207496 (1940-07-01), Anderson, Jr.
patent: 2928264 (1960-03-01), Goldsmith
patent: 3296826 (1967-01-01), Van de Graaff
patent: 3606392 (1971-09-01), Garrett
patent: 4563166 (1986-01-01), Walter et al.

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