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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Kirschey, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
Centa-Antriebe Kirschey GmbH, Haan, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/68 ;
Abstract
A coupling has a pair of elastomeric rings centered on a common axis and having generally frustoconical inner faces confronting each other and generally planar outer faces extending generally perpendicular to the axis and directed oppositely away from each other. Respective generally planar, rigid, and annular outer plates centered on the axis are bonded to the outer faces. A metallic center body having frustoconical outer faces bonded to the ring inner faces is formed with a plurality of radially throughgoing center passages.