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Ephriam Shay's locomotive patent of 1881, for example, used double universal joints in the locomotive's drive shaft. [15] Charles Amidon used a much smaller universal joint in his bit-brace patented 1884. [16] Beauchamp Tower's spherical, rotary, high speed steam engine used an adaptation of the universal joint c. 1885. [17]
the universal joint consists of an RR serial chain constructed such that the axes of the revolute joints intersect at a 90° angle; the spherical joint consists of an RRR serial chain for which each of the hinged joint axes intersect in the same point; the planar joint can be constructed either as a planar RRR, RPR, and PPR serial chain that ...
During the design exercise, Spicer developed the design of a universal joint that was practical for automotive use. With the encouragement of his instructor, Dean Robert H. Thurston, Spicer applied for and received a patent for a practical automotive universal joint on May 19, 1903. Thurston died on October 25, 1903, and without a mentor ...
One example is the coupling used to join a windsurfing rig (sail, mast, and components) to the sailboard. [2] In windsurfing terminology it is usually called a "universal joint", but modern designs are usually based on a strong flexible material, and better technically described as an elastic coupling.
Spicer incorporated the Spicer Universal Joint Manufacturing Company in May 1905, shortening the name to Spicer Manufacturing Company in 1909. [ 1 ] In 1910, the company relocated to a site adjacent to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Bound Brook in South Plainfield, New Jersey .
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