Patent ID: 7104892

Claim:
A coupling for connecting a driving machine part and a driven machine part, comprising: an intermediate shaft defining a shaft axis and having two shaft ends and at least one first connecting flange that includes a radially and axially protruding first claw having a plurality of first bearing journals and wherein each of the driving machine part and the driven machine part include at least one second connecting flange that includes a radially and axially protruding second claw having a plurality of second bearing journals; and a first articulated lever coupling disposed at one of the two shaft ends and having at least three identical articulated levers, each lever having two lever ends and an elastic joint defining a joint axis disposed at each lever end, each elastic joint including a bearing having an elastomer layer surrounding the respective joint axis, each lever engaging with the intermediate shaft at one of the plurality of first bearing journals and one of the driving machine part and the driven machine part at one of the second bearing journals via the elastic joints, wherein the joint axes of each lever are disposed perpendicular to a respective axial plane intersecting the shaft axis, wherein each of the plurality of first and second bearing journals includes a conical shape for a non-blocking seating with the elastic joints.