Patent ID: 8070632
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A torsional compensator comprising an inner hub, an outer sprocket, left and right grippers, and a resilient torsion sleeve; with the left gripper coupled to the inside of the outer sprocket near the left end of the outer sprocket and the right gripper coupled to the outside of the inner hub near the right end of the inner hub and axially spaced apart from the left gripper; with the right gripper and the left end of the inner hub supporting the right end of the outer sprocket and the left gripper respectively for coaxial rotation thereon, and with the grippers, the inner hub, and the outer sprocket defining a generally annular cavity there between; and with said torsion sleeve positioned within said cavity with a left end coupled to the left gripper and a right end coupled to the right gripper.