Patent ID: 8262309
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B62D,F16B,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp yoke for providing a pivotable connection between a pair of rotatable shafts, comprising a base portion and an ear portion at each end of the base portion, the yoke having a substantially symmetrical U-shaped profile; wherein each ear portion has a hole, the holes in the ear portions being substantially axially aligned on a first axis; wherein the base portion has an aperture, the aperture having an axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis; wherein the base portion has a bolt hole adjacent one side of the aperture, the bolt hole having an axis which is substantially perpendicular to the aperture axis and the first axis; wherein the base portion has a slot extending from one end of the base portion, through the bolt hole and into the aperture; and wherein the slot in the base portion defines a pair of opposed planar slot side walls and extends beyond the aperture on the opposite side of the aperture to the bolt hole and a slot end wall extends between the pair of slot side walls in the base portion on the opposite side of the aperture to the bolt hole, the slot end wall being substantially nonparallel with the aperture axis.