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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Applicant:
James A. Duggan, Temperance, MI (US);
Inventor:
James A. Duggan, Temperance, MI (US);
Assignee:
Torque-Traction Technologies LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elastomeric coupling for a rotating shaft includes a driving yoke, a driven yoke, and a substantially circular elastomeric body having a circumferential face and first and second sets of bushings within the elastomeric body. The bushings have threaded openings exposed at the circumferential face. A plurality of fasteners secures the driving yoke to the first set of bushings and secures the driven yoke to the second set of bushings. A plurality of tensile members are located within the elastomeric body, with the tensile members connecting the first set of bushings to the second set of bushings.