Patent ID: 6953399

Claim:
A shaft coupling with high torsional elasticity for connecting a drive with a driven unit, said shaft coupling having a first generally annular coupling half connected to said drive and a second generally annular coupling half connected to said driven unit, each of said coupling halves comprising a plurality of coplanar plate segments having radial gaps between them, said shaft coupling comprising elastomeric bodies between corresponding plate segments and vulcanized to juxtaposed surfaces of said plate segments, the plate segments being composed of metal sheet having at least main surfaces of the sheet which constitute the axial surfaces thereof formed as nonmachined faces; and blocking elements at said radial gaps coupling the plate segments of each half together across the respective gap and bracing the plate segments against axial deformation, each of said blocking elements being connected to one of said plate segments at an edge of the respective plate segment and extending across the respective gap to engage over a neighboring plate segment.