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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Dodge Industrial, Inc., Oxford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Kuckhoff, Greenville, SC (US);
James R. Rubel, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Dodge Industrial, Inc., Oxford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/56 (2006.01); F16D 3/74 (2006.01); F16D 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/56 (2013.01); F16D 3/74 (2013.01); F16D 3/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for increasing a tooth shear strength without also increasing a torsional rigidity of a flexible spline disposed between two hubs of a flexible coupling for transmitting mechanical motion between two shafts includes attaching a stiffening cap to an end of a flexible spline, between the flexible spline and the hubs and inserting a plurality of dowels into the teeth of the flexible spline to reinforce the flexible spline.