US 12,066,064 B2
Flexible sleeve coupling radial tooth support cap and method
James R. Rubel, Simpsonville, SC (US)
Assigned to Dodge Industrial Inc., Oxford, CT (US)
Filed by Dodge Industrial Inc., Oxford, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,504.
Application 17/545,504 is a division of application No. 16/267,685, filed on Feb. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,226,010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099146 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 3/72 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 3/72 (2013.01) [F16B 11/008 (2013.01); Y10T 403/453 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7026 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible member assembly for use with a flexible coupling, the flexible coupling including two hubs, each hub configured to engage a shaft along a central portion and engage the flexible sleeve along an engagement portion, the flexible member assembly comprising:
a flexible sleeve;
a first plurality of dowels attached to a first end of the flexible sleeve, the first plurality of dowels adapted to be disposed between the flexible sleeve and the engagement portion of one of the two hubs of the flexible coupling and
a second plurality of dowels attached to a second end of the flexible sleeve, the second plurality of dowels adapted to be disposed between the flexible sleeve and the engagement portion of the other of the two hubs, wherein the engagement portion of each hub comprises an inner row of teeth and an outer row of teeth concentrically disposed with one another with respect to a longitudinal axis, and wherein the flexible sleeve includes mating inner and outer rows of teeth formed at either axial end thereof, the inner and outer rows of teeth adapted to mesh with the inner and outer rows of teeth of the engagement portion of each of the two hubs.