Patent · US Expired

Torque transmission assembly with enhanced torque transmitting characteristics

US4713040A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Uni-Cardan AG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Beigang · Neunkirchen, DE
Werner Hoffman · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 1986
Grant date	Dec 15, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2326/06
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power transmitting shaft for a torque transmission assembly is formed with a tubular cross section having bores arranged radially in the tube wall at at least one tube end and with bushes inserted into the bores. The bushes are provided with recesses for receiving joint journals or the like whose longitudinal axis is arranged radially in the tube for the purpose of introducing a torque, with tangential and radial forces occurring at the transmitting face of the tube wall. The bushes are designed as a truncated cone which is tapered towards the tube interior and with a cone angle .alpha. selected to be such that the radial component of the forces to be transmitted at the transmitting face is minimized or eliminated.

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