Patent ID: 6905416

Claim:
A flexible coupling for connecting a drive to a driven shaft, the coupling comprising: an annular body of a moldable material; a number of parallel bores circumferentially distributed about said body, each bore opening to opposite sides of the body; a plurality of link means passing around each bore, at least one of said link means of said plurality of link means extending from at least one of said bores to at least one adjacent bore in one direction from said at least one of said bores, and at least one other of said link means of said plurality of link means extending from said at least one of said bores to at least one adjacent bore in another direction from said at least one of said bores, at least a portion of each of said bores being formed exclusively by apertures of at least one of said link means; and washer means on opposite sides of said link means defining end orifices of each bore, each washer means having a peripheral formation, said peripheral formation engaging said moldable material such that when the body is molded to incorporate the bores and link means, each washer means is locked by the moldable material against displacement out of said body.