Patent ID: 6342011
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A flexible coupling having first and second axially spaced hubs each located for rotation about a coupling axis, each of said hubs having teeth with the teeth of said first hub axially extending toward the teeth of said second hub with the free end of said teeth of said first hub being axially spaced from the free end of said teeth of said second hub, and said coupling also having a centrally located cylindrical elastomeric element having axially extending slots into which the teeth of the first and second hub elements axially extend when the coupling is in assembled condition; the improvement comprising:each of said elastomeric element slots has a pair of slot side walls and also has a slot bottom wall which is the portion of the slot located nearest the outer periphery of said elastomeric element, each of said slot side walls being joined to said slot bottom wall by a concave wall with one end of said concave wall being tangential to said slot bottom wall and the other end of said concave wall blending with said slot side surface; and the teeth of said hub elements having tapered surfaces near the free end of said teeth which engages said slot side walls.