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Structural component for transmitting torque

US4634399A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Brunsch · Feldkirchen-Westerham, DE
Peter Sappl · Hausham, DE
Bernd Bongers · Tauberbischofsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 1985
Grant date	Jan 6, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D3/725
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A coil-shaped body is used to transmit torque between shafts spaced axially apart and with the shaft axes disposed angularly to one another. Such an arrangement is used in a bent steering column for a safety steering mechanism. The coil-shaped body is formed by winding a plastics material impregnated fiber strand around an axially extending mandrel so that the layers of the strand are in crossing relation. The crossing superposed layers form lattice bars between the crossover points of the body. The lattice rods have a radial dimension greater than the length of the strands. The angle of the lattice rods relative to the axis of the coil-shaped body is greater than 55.degree..

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