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Coupling element for an eccentric screw rotor

US10760571B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2016
Grant dateSep 1, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C2240/805
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A coupling element for connecting a helix-shaped eccentric screw pump rotor to a drive shaft, with a drive shaft receiving portion and a rotor connecting portion arranged at an opposite end of the coupling element from the drive shaft receiving portion, the rotor connecting portion is constituted as a hollow cylinder for receiving a rotor end of the screw pump rotor, wherein the hollow cylinder has at least two inner circumferential surfaces which are complementary to the rotor and have a radius which is fixed with respect to the cross-sectional center of the hollow cylinder.

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