US 12,188,529 B2
Radially compliant connection
Patrick Lindemann, Wooster, OH (US); Matthew Payne, Glenmont, OH (US); Markus Steinberger, Sagamore Hills, OH (US); Jordan Geiser, Massillon, OH (US); Kenneth Hunt, Wooster, OH (US); and Michael Hodge, Creston, OH (US)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,018, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299067 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 3/64 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 3/64 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radially compliant connection, comprising:
an axis;
a first plate comprising a first connection portion;
a second plate comprising a second connection portion;
an intermediate plate comprising a third connection portion and a fourth connection portion;
a first flexible element fixed to the first connection portion and to the third connection portion, wherein the first flexible element is a first leaf spring arcuately formed in a circumferential direction and having a first axial width greater than a first radial width; and
a second flexible element fixed to the second connection portion and to the fourth connection portion, wherein the second flexible element is a second leaf spring arcuately formed in the circumferential direction and having a second axial width greater than a second radial width.