Flexible couplings and hub mountings

Claim 1

A FLEXIBLE COUPLING FOR CONNECTING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED SHAFTS COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND HUB, MEANS TO FIX EACH HUB TO AN END OF A CORRESPONDING SHAFT SO THAT SAID HUBS ARE DISPOSED IN ADJACENT OPPOSING RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, A RADIALLY EXTENDING FLANGE TERMINATING IN AN AXIALLY EXTENDING MARGINAL RIM ON SAID FIRST HUB, SAID SECOND HUB DISPOSED CO-AXIALLY WITHIN SAID RIM AND DEFINING WITH SAID RIM AN ANNULAR SPACE THEREBETWEEN, A FIRST PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY RIGID ELONGATED TORQUE TRANSMITTING MEMBERS EXTENDING IN A RADIAL PLANE BETWEEN SAID RIM AND SAID SECOND HUB, A SECOND PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY RIGID ELONGATED TORQUE TRANSMITTING MEMBERS EXTENDING IN A RADIAL PLANE BETWEEN SAID RIM AND SAID SECOND HUB, SAID RIM HAVING A COMMON MEANS FOR RECEIVING AN END OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF RIGID MEMBERS, SAID SECOND HUB HAVING A COMMON MEANS FOR RECEIVING AN END OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF RIGID MEMBERS, SAID MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF RELATIVELY RIGID MEMBERS HAVING PORTIONS THEREOF CONFIGURED SO AS TO BE ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID MEMBERS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES HAVING A GREATER MOMENT OF INERTIA IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION THAN IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID HUB WHEREBY SAID MEMBERS HAVE A GREATER RESISTANCE TO FLEXURE IN SAID TRANSVERSE DIRECTION THAN IN SAID AXIAL DIRECTION WHILE PROVIDING FOR TRANSMISSION OF TORQUE BETWEEN SAID SHAFTS.