Patent ID: 6702680
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: F16D,Y10S

Abstract:
A shaft coupling comprising:first and second hubs, each having respective first and second faces; first and second pluralities of jaws extending from the respective first and second faces, the jaws on the first face in parallel alignment with the jaws on the second face, the aligned jaws forming gaps between adjacent pairs of aligned jaws; a split, flexible belt having a defined width, with first and second exterior opposed edges at the extremities of the defined width, and an inside and an outside surface; a plurality of spaced projections on the inside surface of the belt, each of the projections occupying one of the gaps; a first groove on the outside surface of the belt extending from the first opposed edge of the belt to the second opposed edge; a retaining ring adapted for mounting around the belt, the retaining ring having interior and exterior surfaces and first and second opposed ring edges; a locating pin protruding from the interior surface of the ring at the first ring edge, the locating pin received in the first groove as the retaining ring is slid over the belt from the first opposed edge of the belt to the second opposed edge of the belt and rotated out of engagement with the groove to a position on the second opposed edge of the belt wherein the locating pin is positioned on the second edge of the belt to secure the retaining ring around the belt.