Patents Assigned to Nadella, & French Body Corporate
  • Collapsible shaft assembly
    Patent number: 4183258
    Abstract: A collapsible shaft assembly forming part of a universal coupling, such as in the steering system of a motor vehicle, has outer and inner sleeves, a co-axial elastomeric sleeve in radial compression there between, a shaft rotatably coupled to and axially slideable within the inner sleeve and a shearable lock to hold the shaft axially relatively to the inner sleeve up to a given, minimum axial load, such as in a motor vehicle collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Nadella, & French Body Corporate
    Inventor: Gerard Stephan