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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1987
Mark F Gabriel, Renton, WA (US);
Walter D Sykes, Federal Way, WA (US);
Jeffrey C Bye, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A self-normalizing compliant drive coupling (10) having a constant-velocity joint (12) attached to a unidirectional clutch (14) to accommodate axial misalignment of a drive shaft attached to the body (16) of the joint (12) and a driven shaft grasped by the clutch (14). A housing (26) has a cylindrical top portion (28) with a top axial bore (30) for receiving a stem (18) of the joint (12) and a bottom axial bore (34) for receiving the clutch (14). A resilient sleeve (42) encloses the joint (12) and rests on a shoulder (40) on the housing (26). A collar (44) slides over the joint body (16) to bear against the top surface (43) of the sleeve (42) to place the sleeve (42) under a compressive load that urges the clutch housing (26) into axial alignment with the body (16) of the joint (12).