Patent · US Expired

One piece integral flexible drive shaft

US5356340A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1993
Grant dateOct 18, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C1/20
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A one piece molded flexible drive shaft assembly of a hardened moldable material has an elongated flexible drive shaft core having a shaft drive input end, a shaft drive output end and integrally molded therewith at each end a coupling member of a hardened moldable material to connect the input end and the output end to a drive input and a drive output respectively.

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