Patent ID: 6875112

Claim:
An elastic coupling comprising: a first coupling section having a plurality of spaced-part pockets that are disposed along an arc; a second coupling section having projections; and elastomeric elements that are respectively positively held in said pockets, wherein said projections of said second coupling section respectively extend into said first coupling section between two adjacent ones of said elastomeric elements, wherein each elastomeric element comprises a first region and a second region each having different properties, wherein said first region extends radially and has ends that are held in said pockets, wherein said first region is more inherently stable than is said second region to transmit a peripheral force, wherein said second region faces one of the projections of said second coupling section and is more yielding than is said first region such that deformations can be introduced into said second region, and wherein said second more yielding region of said elastomeric element comprises two protrusions that at a level of said projection of said second coupling section are laterally formed on said first, more inherently stable region.