Patent ID: 6257985
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A coupling assembly for coupling a driving shaft to a driven shaft, the coupling assembly comprising:a first hub having at least two groups of hub fastener apertures defined therein, wherein at least one hub fastener aperture of one of said groups is axially spaced from at least one hub fastener aperture of the other group;a second hub having at least two groups of hub fastener apertures defined therein;a flexible element having a first end with at least two groups of fastener apertures defined therein and a second end with at least two groups of fastener apertures defined therein;the first and second hubs connectable to the first and second ends of the flexible element in a number of different relative orientations in which a group of hub fastener apertures in each hub is aligned with a respective group of fastener apertures in the first and second ends of the flexible element, respectively, the number of different relative orientations corresponding to at least two different shaft spacings, wherein one of said shaft spacings corresponds to a standard shaft spacing published by a standards organization for use in the United States and said other of said shaft spacings corresponds to a standard shaft spacing published by a standards organization for use in a country other than the United States.