FLOATING LOAD RING FOR FLEXIBLE JOINT

摘要

A free-floating load ring for assembly into a flexible coupling having a convoluted bellows and a surrounding mesh sleeve, said ring captured by said sleeve at an end of said coupling and spacing said sleeve from said bellows when forces are applied to said coupling. Various ring alternate structures are disclosed, and can be added to existing non-load supporting or flexible couplings having no previous rings. The load ring is retained in place by engagement of coupling components with the ring without physical connection of the ring to any coupling component.

主权项

1. A floating load ring oriented for spacing a flexible sleeve away from a convolution of a bellows in a flexible coupling, said ring oriented between and engaging said sleeve and a convolution of said bellow but free of connection thereto.