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A flexible coupling used to join rotating
shafts, for example, the propeller shaft in a
car. In a typical universal joint the ends of
the shafts to be joined end in U-shaped
yokes. They dovetail into each other and
pivot flexibly about an X-shaped spider. This
construction allows side-to-side and
up-and-down movement, while still
transmitting rotary motion.