GB839292A - Improved rotary power transmission shaft - Google Patents

Improved rotary power transmission shaft

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Publication number
GB839292A
GB839292A GB25026/58A GB2502658A GB839292A GB 839292 A GB839292 A GB 839292A GB 25026/58 A GB25026/58 A GB 25026/58A GB 2502658 A GB2502658 A GB 2502658A GB 839292 A GB839292 A GB 839292A
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Prior art keywords
propeller shaft
shaft
flexible
engine
modification
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GB25026/58A
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Motors Liquidation Co
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Motors Liquidation Co
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F15/00—Suppression of vibrations in systems; Means or arrangements for avoiding or reducing out-of-balance forces, e.g. due to motion
    • F16F15/02—Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K17/00—Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles
    • B60K17/22—Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles characterised by arrangement, location, or type of main drive shafting, e.g. cardan shaft
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C3/00—Shafts; Axles; Cranks; Eccentrics
    • F16C3/02—Shafts; Axles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C1/00—Flexible shafts; Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing
    • F16C1/02—Flexible shafts; Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing for conveying rotary movements

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Shafts, Cranks, Connecting Bars, And Related Bearings (AREA)
  • Motor Power Transmission Devices (AREA)

Abstract

839,292. Flexible shafts; shaft couplings. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Aug. 5, 1958 [Aug. 5, 1957], No. 25026/58. Class 80 (2). [Also in Group XXXI] A flexible shaft which is straight when in unstressed condition is held bowed between a pair of spaced supports at its ends, the axes of the supports being out of alignment in at least one plane. As shown, the propeller shaft 20, Fig. 2, of a motor vehicle, connecting the engine 2 to the rear road wheels 8, is held bowed by supports 22, 4 at its two ends which are out of alignment. The engine 2 is mounted at three points 3, Fig. 1, on the vehicle chassis 1, and comprises a support 22 within which is a shaft coupling connecting the propeller shaft 20 to the engine crankshaft 26. The rear end of the propeller shaft 20 is connected through a coupling allowing axial movement to a changeratio gear 4 integral with a differential, driving through universal joints 7 and floating halfshafts 6 to the rear road wheels 8. The engine crank-shaft 26, Fig. 3, is formed with a flange 28 to which is secured by bolts 34 a coupling sleeve 30 having internal splines engaging splines 36 on the end of the propeller shaft 20, a nut 40 on a threaded end 42 of the propeller shaft holding the coupling sleeve 30 thereon and forcing it on to a frusto-conical section 38. The rear end of the propeller shaft 20, Fig. 4, has splines 46 in axial sliding engagement with internal splines in a sleeve 44 fast with the input shaft of the change-ratio gear and carried by the gear housing 4, a seal 48 retaining lubricant within the gearing. In a modification, Fig. 5 (not shown), a flexible propeller shaft is held bowed between a conventionally-arranged motor vehicle changespeed gear and a rear road wheel differential. In another modification, a motor vehicle engine E, Fig. 11, has its axis parallel to but out of alignment with a transmission unit T. In a further modification, the vehicle engine E, Fig. 12, is connected through a flexible propeller shaft 20 to a universal joint U, a change-ratio transmission T and a differential unit D. The flexible propeller shaft 20 is mounted in a rigid, non-rotating tube 50 which maintains it in its bowed condition. In another, similar, modification, Fig. 13 (not shown), the rigid tube 50 is omitted, and the ends of the flexible propeller shaft 20 are supported in non-aligned mounts.
GB25026/58A 1957-08-05 1958-08-05 Improved rotary power transmission shaft Expired GB839292A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1272143B (en) * 1957-08-05 1968-07-04 Gen Motors Corp Drive shaft for motor vehicles
GB2156042A (en) * 1984-03-21 1985-10-02 Mono Pumps Ltd Flexible drive shaft
EP0845597A1 (en) * 1996-12-02 1998-06-03 Mono Pumps Limited Flexible drive shaft and drive shaft and rotor assembly
NL2006686C2 (en) * 2011-04-29 2012-10-30 Micro Turbine Technology B V An integral method for vibration compensation and misalignment prevention in rotor dynamic systems.

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1272143B (en) * 1957-08-05 1968-07-04 Gen Motors Corp Drive shaft for motor vehicles
GB2156042A (en) * 1984-03-21 1985-10-02 Mono Pumps Ltd Flexible drive shaft
EP0845597A1 (en) * 1996-12-02 1998-06-03 Mono Pumps Limited Flexible drive shaft and drive shaft and rotor assembly
NL2006686C2 (en) * 2011-04-29 2012-10-30 Micro Turbine Technology B V An integral method for vibration compensation and misalignment prevention in rotor dynamic systems.
WO2012165946A1 (en) * 2011-04-29 2012-12-06 Micro Turbine Technology Bv An integral method for vibration compensation and misalignment prevention in rotor dynamic systems
US9297413B2 (en) 2011-04-29 2016-03-29 Micro Turbine Technology B.V. Integral method for vibration compensation and misalignment prevention in rotor dynamic systems

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