Patent ID: 6343992
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: F16B,F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
A coupler for connecting first and second shafts such that rotational motion of the first shaft is transferred to the second shaft, comprising:a first connector element engageable with an end of the first shaft; a second connector element interengaging with the first connector element in rotationally-driving relation and having a sill defining a pocket into which an end portion of the second shaft can be placed by non-axial relative movement between the sill and second shaft, the second connector defining an aperture having a top edge; and a clamp member being radially and axially split from the second connector element and having a lug which engages the top edge of the second connector so that the clamp member is engageable with the sill to enclose the end portion of the second shaft and fix it in rotationally-driving relation with the second connector element.