Rotary shafts – gudgeons – housings – and flexible couplings for ro – Torque transmitted via flexible element – Plural flexible links connected to circumferentially spaced...
Patent
1983-05-04
1986-03-11
Levy, Stuart S.
Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro
Torque transmitted via flexible element
Plural flexible links connected to circumferentially spaced...
464147, 464160, F16D 360
Patent
active
045753571
ABSTRACT:
A flexible coupling for disposition between two rotating shafts to reduce transmission of vibration or to increase the torque and speed range of the coupling for a given level of vibration transmission comprises input and output members connectible to driving and driven shafts and interconnected by a spacer via coupling elements which are flexible in the plane of rotation by centrifugal force and by torque transmitted through the coupling, such that, over a range of speeds and torques the spacer is relatively rotatable to at least one member.
A secondary coupling is also disclosed to render radially rigid a primary coupling comprising input and output members and coupling elements. The secondary coupling may comprise a bearing or a plain bearing, a multiple bearing or a cross links flexural pivot.
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Harrington John P.
Taylor Ivan
Flexibox Limited
Levy Stuart S.
Stodola Daniel P.
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