Patent ID: 8500565
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coupling for connecting two non-collinear associated shafts comprising: a pair of sleeves, each sleeve having a yoke provided at an end portion thereof, the yokes being offset by 90° to one another, each sleeve further including a central bore for receiving an end of one of the associated shafts between which motion is to be transmitted; a knuckle provided between each yoke of the respective sleeves, the knuckle including a body having a plurality of openings, the openings being offset by 90° to one another; and a plurality of pins separate from the knuckle and threadingly engaged to the yokes for releasably connecting each yoke to the knuckle; wherein each yoke includes opposing ears, the knuckle being positioned between the opposing ears of each yoke, each ear including an aperture extending therethrough, and wherein each pin includes a cylindrical shaped body which is separated into a first, non-threaded section having a first diameter and a second, threaded section having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, the first section being positioned in one of the openings of the knuckle, the second section threadingly engaging one of the apertures, wherein each pin further includes a third, non-threaded section having a third diameter smaller than the second diameter of the second section, the second section being interposed between the first and third sections, the third section being at least partially positioned in the aperture, wherein each ear of each yoke includes a threaded bore positioned near the aperture such that the bore is in communication with the aperture, and wherein the coupling further includes a plurality of set screws, each set screw being threadingly received in one of the bores, an end of the set screw protruding at least partially into the aperture and engaging the third section of the pin.