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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Hans Lindenthal, Heidenheim, DE;
Inventor:
Hans Lindenthal, Heidenheim, DE;
Assignee:
Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Heidenhelm, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shafting, particularly a cardan shaft for rail vehicles, has two cardan joints (), each of which comprises two link forks () coupled to one another by a central part (). The central part () comprises at least two partial elements () that are connected to one another in the peripheral direction in a rotationally fixed manner by a shaft-hub connection, and in a displaceable manner in the axial direction. The shafting further includes a rotary actuator () arranged in the central part for performing a torsional movement of the corresponding end areas of one of the two partial elements of the central part relative to one another.