Carbon fiber drive shaft
US4089190A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 1976 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16C3/026
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Lightweight tubular drive shafts having noise and vibration dampening characteristics, and capable of operating at high speeds without significant misalignment between their geometric axes and their axes of rotation, are prepared by forming the shafts so that the walls thereof are a composite of a plurality of layers of carbon fibers in a solid resin matrix wherein the fibers are disposed circumferentially and helically about the longitudinal axis of the shaft.
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