Torsionally resilient coupling with a connecting element

Claim 1

Torsionally resilient coupling comprising two coupling halves, at least one eccentric mounted on one of said coupling halves and being displaced along a translatory path of travel upon rotation of said one coupling half, at least one connecting rod being disposed within said translatory path of travel of said eccentric, at least one support plate resting radially outwards upon at least one resilient intermediate element frictionally braced radially inwards and connected to one of the two coupling halves and being articulated in translation rotatably about a journal pin via the connecting rod to the eccentric so that the intermediate element is stressed, tensioning or relaxing the resilient intermediate element in the case of a relative rotation of the other coupling half which is connected integrally with the eccentric, and a side plate provided on at least one side of said connecting rod and mounted to the same coupling half as said resilient intermediate element, said side plate including a slot defining a guideway for and engaged by said journal pin, said slot being aligned radially relative to the coupling and arranged so that the articulation point is guided in such a way that the force introduced to said connecting rod via said eccentric is symmetrically distributed over said resilient intermediate element such that the resilient intermediate element is stressed with a compressive force in the case of a mutual rotation of the two coupling halves.