Patent ID: 7470080
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamping mechanism for securing one of a hollow shaft and a hollow part on a solid shaft, comprising: at least one adapter bushing including an outer tapered surface and arranged to rest on the solid shaft; an inner tapered surface arranged at at least a first end of the one of the hollow shaft and the hollow part, the inner tapered surface configured to receive one of the at least one adapter bushings, the outer tapered surface of the bushing corresponding to the inner tapered surface; at least one contraction disk including at least one pressure ring arranged on the one of the hollow shaft and the hollow part at least the first end of the one of the hollow shaft and the hollow part, the contraction disk exerting a radial contraction force on the one of the hollow shaft and the hollow part, the adapter bushing and the solid shaft; and a clamping ring arranged on one end of the one of the hollow shaft and the hollow part and configured for axial fixation of a corresponding one of the at least one adapter bushings; wherein the at least one pressure ring has a cylindrical inner surface and an outwardly projecting, double frustoconical outer surface.