Patent · US Expired

Coupling

US5052843A · kind A · utility

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2References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 1990
Grant dateOct 1, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7058
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for coupling a shaft or a hub by means of a radially resilient bush, which can be radially clamped to the shaft or hub by axially tightenable clamping elements by exposing the clamping elements to a radially operative spring assembly; the release of the coupling is effected by means of a hydraulically- or pneumatically-actuated cylinder and piston arrangement. The nucleus of the invention is that the spring assembly is accommodated in the cylinder chamber acted upon by the pressure fluid.

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