US4411550A
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Torque transmitting coupling
Assignee: Duerr Dental SE
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Filing: 1981-08-28
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2001-08-28
Abstract
Abstract In a torque transmitting coupling between a cylindrical shaft and a female member having a bore to receive the shaft, the shaft has a secant face and the female member has a connecting bolt bore which intersects the shaft bore and faces the secant face of the shaft. A connecting bolt in the bolt bore of the female member has a secant face which tightly engages the secant face of the shaft. In one embodiment, the shaft axis, secant faces of the shaft and bolt and the bolt bore are all parallel. In another embodiment the axis of the bolt bore is inclined at a small angle to the secant face, the bolt being of wedge form. A screw extending through a hole in the female member and screwed into a tapped hole in the bolt is rotatable to move the bolt axially and thereby wedge the secant face of the bolt against the secant face of the shaft. The secant faces of the shaft and bolt may have intermeshing longitudinally extending serrations.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Schutt
- 👤 Martin Bernhardt
- 👤 Klaus Nitsche
- 👤 Horst Grindler
- 👤 Hans-Joachim Hofmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 05:17
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D1/00; F16D1/06; F16D1/08; F16D1/0876; F16D1/0882; F16B; F16B2/00; F16B2/02; F16B2/14; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/70; Y10T403/7018; Y10T403/7021; Y10T403/7024
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A torque transmitting coupling comprising a female member having a central first cylindrical bore to receive a shaft and a second cylindrical bore which receives a fastening bolt, said second cylindrical bore intersecting said first cylindrical bore at an acute angle, a cylindrical shaft received snugly in said first cylindrical bore, and having a secant face parallel to the axis of the shaft, a cylindrical fastening bolt received snugly in said second cylindrical bore and having a secant face parallel to and engaging said secant face of said shaft, and means moving said cylindrical fastening bolt axially in said second cylindrical bore and thereby wedging said secant face of said bolt tightly against said secant face of said shaft.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A torque transmitting coupling comprising a female member having a central first cylindrical bore to receive a shaft and a second cylindrical bore which receives a fastening bolt, said second cylindrical bore intersecting said first cylindrical bore at an acute angle, a cylindrical shaft received snugly in said first cylindrical bore, and having a secant face parallel to the axis of the shaft, a cylindrical fastening bolt received snugly in said second cylindrical bore and having a secant face parallel to and engaging said secant face of said shaft, and means moving said cylindrical fastening bolt axially in said second cylindrical bore and thereby wedging said secant face of said bolt tightly against said secant face of said shaft.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A torque transmitting coupling according to claim 1, in which the acute angle at which said second cylindrical bore intersects said first cylindrical bore is between approximately 1° and 7°.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A torque transmitting coupling according to claim 1, in which said fastening bolt has an axial tapped hole therein and said means for moving said fastening bolt axially in said second cylindrical bore comprises a machine screw screwed in said tapped hole in said bolt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A torque transmitting coupling according to claim 3, in which said female member has a hole smaller than said second bore in line with said tapped hole in said fastening bolt, said screw having a head and extending through said hole in the female member and into said tapped hole in said fastening bolt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
A torque transmitting coupling according to claim 1, in which said female member has an abutment portion against which an end of said shaft abuts and in which engagement of said fastening bolt with said shaft as said fastening bolt is moved toward wedging position tends to move said shaft toward said abutment portion of said female member and thereby precisely positions said shaft axially relative to said female member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A torque transmitting coupling according to claim 1, in which said secant face of said shaft and said secant face of said fastening bolt has intermeshing longitudinally extending serrations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A torque transmitting coupling according to claim 6, in which said serrations in cross section have the configuration of gear teeth.
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