Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts inventions 12/05

20050288106 - Universal joint assembly: A universal joint assembly includes a universal joint and a housing encasing the universal joint. An isolator encases the housing. The isolator includes at least one chamber formed therein. The housing is moveable relative to the isolator by compression of the isolator....

20050288107 - Yoke-trunnion universal joint without needle bearings: A yoke-trunnion universal joint includes a universal joint body, a cup and an anti-wear coating. The universal joint body has a trunnion nose. The cup has an inner wall surface defining an internal cavity sized to slidably receive the trunnion nose. The anti-wear coating is disposed between and in contact...

20050288108 - Shielded sealing system for a constant velocity joint: To protect a joint from exposure to contaminants and loss of lubricant disposed within a joint a traditional joint includes a sealing system. Typically the sealing system includes a boot and a boot cover. To produce a more effective joint, the sealing system of the present invention further includes a...

20050282640 - Torque limiter: A torque limiter comprising an inner ring fitted inside an outer member; and a torque transmission member interposed between said inner ring and said outer member. A predetermined torque is generated by a friction generated between said inner ring and said torque transmission member, when said inner ring and said...

20050282641 - Universal joint: A universal joint has a shaft including a pair of outer side planes at its front end a yoke connecting the pair of outer side planes of the shaft, the yoke including a base end portion having an opening portion and a pair of restraining plate portions having restraining faces...

20050282642 - Light weight low angle fixed constant velocity joint and improved packaging: A constant velocity joint includes an outer race and an inner race arranged within the outer race. The joint includes a cage arranged between the outer race and inner race and a rolling element arranged between the outer race and inner race. The cage includes relatively flat portions on an...

20050277478 - Split mutator shaft apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for removing or inserting a mutator shaft from a scraped surface heat exchanger assembly comprising a split shaft design to form a plurality of mutator shaft segments. Each shaft segment contains ends further connectable with one another and may be further retained via a drive pin...

20050277479 - Drive shaft: A drive shaft is configured from a shaft body, a shaft portion provided with extensions and boot mounting parts coaxially and integrally formed on ends thereof, and constant velocity joints attached to ends of the extensions via interior members. The outer diameter of intermediate portions of the extensions is smaller...

20050277480 - Flange assembly for supporting a bearing and an end fitting in a driveshaft assembly: A driveshaft assembly includes a driveshaft tube and a flange assembly connected to the driveshaft tube. The flange assembly includes a flange having a pilot surface and a bearing seat surface that are positioned concentric with one another. An end fitting is secured to the flange. The end fitting includes...

20050272507 - Drive line for down hole mud motor: A drive line for a down hole mud motor has a plurality of elongate keys extending radially from an exterior surface of a central shaft for the purpose of transmitting torque. A plurality of circumferentially spaced axial keyways are provided in an interior surface of each end housing, which are...

20050272508 - Sealing device: A sealing apparatus capable of increasing a grease resistance property, wherein the tip of a sealing lip is formed so that an inner side contact angle α is equal to an open-air side contact angle β (α=β), that is, formed in a triangular shape to prevent grease inside the apparatus...

20050272509 - Universal cardan joint with elastomeric bearings: Universal cardan joint with elastomeric bearings in which the elastomeric bearings are preloaded in compression and comprise laminated segments with reduced resistance to shear deformation or comprise rubber cords providing for reduced torsional stiffness....

20050272510 - Constant velocity joint: A constant velocity joint 1 disposed on the outboard side of a drive axle for transmitting drive power to a wheel, comprising an outer joint member 2 having a plurality of track grooves 3 on the spherical inner peripheral surface 2a, an inner joint member 4 having a plurality of...

20050266927 - Seamless steel tube for drive shaft and method for manufacturing the same: A steel tube hot-finished by the Mannesmann tube-making method is subjected to a simple grinding process for the inner surface, and thereafter to a cold drawing, so that the depth d of the concave portion in the concavo-convex profile forming the inner surface of the steel tube, the surface roughness...