Patent ID: 6123481
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B62D,F16C,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
An elastic shaft joint for connecting an end portion of a rotary shaft to a cylindrical member rotatable with said shaft, said joint comprising:a holding cylinder fixed to said cylindrical member;an elastic member fixed to an inner peripheral surface of said holding cylinder;a slide sleeve fixed to an inner peripheral surface of said elastic member and having an inner peripheral surface of low-friction material elastically pressed against an outer peripheral surface of said shaft by elasticity of said elastic member; anda stopper mechanism cooperating between said shaft and said cylindrical member so as to permit said shaft and said cylindrical member to slightly displace rotationally relative to each other, while preventing such displacement in excess of a predetermined angle;said slide sleeve being mounted to said shaft so as to provide a full-time slidable connection of said slide sleeve to said shaft via said inner peripheral slide sleeve surface of low-friction material and said outer peripheral surface of said shaft, said slidable connection permitting relative sliding movement between said sleeve and said shaft along an axis of said shaft in order to absorb displacements along said axis.