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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E Ryan, Sussex, WI (US);
Donald W Hindman, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rexnord Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
464 80 ; 464178 ; 464903 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an elastomeric coupling for transmitting torque between two shafts approximately aligned on a shaft axis, which coupling comprises a composite member including an elastomeric center element, and a shoe fabricated from a reinforced plastic material and including a first portion bonded to the center element, and a second portion extending axially from the first portion and from the center element, including apertured metallic inserts, and being adapted to be connected to one of the shafts.