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Power transmission devices with impact absorbing potential

US6186697A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1998
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7083
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power transmission device with impact absorbing potential includes a shaft, a tube engaged with said shaft, a spline joint for interconnecting the shaft and the tube, and a breakable pin arranged through through holes of the shaft and the tube. A tube is mounted at an end of the tube to conceal the through hole of the tube.

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