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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
May. 08, 1998
James T. Gwinn, Fairview, PA (US);
George M. Klapsinos, Erie, PA (US);
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
An elastomer coupling (,) including an outer member (,) including a leading contact face (,), and an elastomer component (,) including a driving elastomer contact face (,) opposing and adapted for operable unbonded contact with said leading contact face (,), the driving elastomer contact face (,) including a thin polyurethane coating (,). In another aspect, the elastomer coupling (,) has an elastomer member (,) preferably having a plurality of parallel-sided bonded lugs (47) having thin elastomer driving and following skins (,) received in preferable line fit relationship in a plurality of parallel-sided recesses (,) formed in a preferably plastic outer member (,) for transmitting torques, accommodating slight parallel and angular misaligninents, and isolating vibrations thereof.