Rotary shafts – gudgeons – housings – and flexible couplings for ro – Overload release coupling – Torque transmitted via frangible element
Patent
1997-04-28
1998-09-15
Dunn, Eileen A.
Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro
Overload release coupling
Torque transmitted via frangible element
403 2, 464160, F16D 900
Patent
active
058071792
ABSTRACT:
A torque overload coupler for a driveline allows limited free motion. In one embodiment, torque overload protection is provided by a friction slip clutch and tangs formed at the inner perimeter of a clutch plate fit into spaces between lugs defined on a hub to provide a limited range of free motion. In another embodiment, torque overload is provided by a shear pin and free motion is provided by the shear pin fitting into angular spaces between wings of a relatively rotatable hub.
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Fechter Mark A.
Hansen George N. P.
Mayhew Roger D.
Dunn Eileen A.
Weasler Engineering, Inc.
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