Patent ID: 6551191
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: F04D,F16C,F16D

Abstract:
A coupling apparatus for connecting two rotatable shafts of a turbocompressor, the coupling apparatus comprising:a first coupling part connected to one of the two rotatable shafts or forming a part of said one of the two rotatable shafts; a second coupling part connected to the other of the two rotatable shafts or forming a part of said other of the two rotatable shafts; a third coupling part having a disc-shape and arranged between said first and said second coupling part with said first, said second and said third coupling part being firmly connectable to one another, and with said third coupling part having a section which projects beyond the first or second coupling part in a radial direction to form a bearing disc of an axial bearing, said third coupling part being designed as a disc without a bore at its center.