Variable length shaft assembly

US5507203A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Torrington Company · US

Inventors

• Kevin Audibert · Morris, US
• Frederick W. Mitchell, III · Torrington, US
• William E. Korzan · Canton, US
• John T. Lawson · Bethlehem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 16, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2326/24
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering shaft coupling comprising: an outer tubular shaft member, a coaxial inner shaft member slidably inserted within the outer tubular shaft member, the outer tubular shaft member having an inner peripheral wall and the inner shaft member having an outer peripheral wall, the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall having complementary shapes, the complementary shapes transmitting torque between the shaft members, and a biasing member between the inner shaft member and the outer tubular shaft member, the biasing member causing a force opposing the transmitted torque.