US 12,460,730 B2
Compliant joint drive assembly
Łukasz Turek, Wrocław (PL); Łukasz Sȩdĺak, Miłochowice (PL); and Piotr Zaąc, Wrocław (PL)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,555.
Claims priority of application No. 21461592 (EP), filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079424 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 5/0647 (2013.01) [F16K 31/047 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A torque transfer assembly comprising:
a drive shaft;
a driven ball shaft; and
a dielectric connector positioned between, and connecting the drive shaft and the driven ball shaft, the connector comprising:
a body of dielectric material defining a dielectric insulating barrier between the drive and the driven ball shaft, the body;
having a first side from which a protrusion extends, the protrusion configured to engage in a correspondingly shaped recess formed in one of the drive shaft or the driven ball shaft, and a second side, opposite the first side, in which is formed a recess shaped to receive a correspondingly shaped protrusion extending from the other of the drive shaft or the driven ball shaft; and
a handle to manually rotate the ball shaft, the handle being received in a groove included in the dielectric connector.