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Abstract

A flexible shaft or member can transfer rotating motion from one external end to another without any appreciable loss of torque movement and which can have various uses, including providing a flexible support between adjacent components to provide a flexible support therebetween. The flexible shaft is constructed of a body having pairs of specially designed slots formed in the peripheral surface thereof. The slots are formed in pairs of oppositely disposed slots having elongated openings in the peripheral surface that are in a common plane. Each slot of a pair extends inwardly toward the other slot of that pair but all slots terminate short of the midpoint of the body, thereby leaving web sections therebetween. Each successive pair of slots is angularly displaced with respect to the preceding pair of slots, preferably about 90 degrees about the peripheral surface of the body, thereby forming a flexible portion of the body.

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