Patent ID: 6342012
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
Flexible shaft coupling having two coupling parts connected one with the other via a plurality of flexibly deformable, integrally formed coupling elements distributed about the circumference of the coupling parts, wherein the coupling elements (7, 7a, 7b) are positively held in recesses of the one coupling part (1, 1a, 1b), each coupling element (7, 7a, 7b) comprises a receiving opening (8) that is engaged without play by a corresponding jaw (5, 5a, 5b) of the other coupling part (2), and the coupling elements (7, 7a, 7b) comprise at least one cavity (9a, 9b, 11, 12; 13a, 13b; 14a, 15a, 16a, 14b, 15b, 16b) at least on one side of the respective receiving opening for the corresponding jaw (5, 5a, 5b)â€”viewed in circumferential direction.