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Flexible connector

US5141259A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 1991
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S285/915
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible connector has a plurality of bearings housed in a single housing to attenuate vibration and noise. In one embodiment, the bearings have a spherical configuration with the center point of the spherical segment of one of the bearings at a different location from the center point of the spherical segment of the other bearing thereby providing efficient and compact bearings and a smaller envelope for such bearings.

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