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Coupler arrangement for isolation arrangement for system under test

US6182515A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1998
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M13/025
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A drive coupling arrangement for transmitting torque from a drive arrangement to a gear assembly under test is provided with a first coupler portion attached to the gear assembly under test. The coupler has a polygonal cross-sectional configuration and has a plurality of substantially planar surfaces that extend parallel to the predetermined length of axis, in the form of an assembly nut of the gear assembly under test at a rotatory terminal thereof. A second coupler portion is coupled to the drive arrangement and has an internal cross-sectional configuration that accommodates the polygonal cross-sectional configuration of the first coupler portion. The second coupler portion has a plurality of engagement portions that communicate exclusively with a predetermined number of the substantially planar surfaces of the first coupler portion, and is axially translatable along the first coupler portion for a portion of its length of axis. The first and second coupler portions exert a torque against one another via the substantially planar surfaces of the first coupler portion and the engagement portions of the second coupler portion, over a predetermined range of the portion of the predete…

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