| 摘要 |
A universal joint is provided for transmitting torque from one shaft to another, and more specifically for use with shafts where angular misalignment is not excessive. Basically, the universal joint has at least two members connected to two shafts which tend to be angularly misaligned, with each member having at least two extremities extending transversely outwardly beyond the corresponding shaft. The extremities have projections extending toward one another and flexible bridging strips are connected between the projections of the members, the strips lying substantially in a plane which is parallel to the planes in which the members rotate when the shafts are aligned. The flexible strips comprise multiplicities of substantially parallel fibers extending the lengths of the strips and are effective in tension to transmit torque from one of the shafts to the other.
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