Assembly of a connecting element and a torque transmitting element

Claim 1

An assembly of a shaft having an axis and a face with a connecting element constituted by a cold-formed sheet metal member having a portion defining a collar which is coaxial with and encompasses the shaft and comprises two longitudinally extending edge portions defining a throughway split in the collar and two ear portions which extend from said edge portions and have surfaces, said surfaces being spaced apart from each other such distance and said split having such width as to allow the collar to be mounted on the shaft by a relative radial displacement of the shaft and collar, tightening means extending through the ear portions and having a surface, an intermediate holding member located between the ear portions and having a face which engages said face of the shaft and having at least one other face which co-operates with at least one of said surfaces, whereby a relative displacement between the ear portions, the intermediate member and the tightening means causes the shaft to be gripped inside the collar, said shaft having a portion defining a non-circular keying face and one of two component parts of the assembly consisting of said intermediate member and said collar having a portion defining a non-circular keying face keyingly engaged with the keying face of said shaft, and means defining a bridge which is axially adjacent said ear portions and rigidly interconnects said edge portions and closes one end of said split.