Lance Nelson Demland

US Patent:

20120301245, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

May 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/480020

Inventors:

Lance Nelson Demland - Wauseon OH, US

Assignee:

PRO SHEAR CORPORATION - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

F16B 39/02
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

411221, 29258

Abstract:

A releasable lock nut assembly for securing a bearing on a threaded hub may include a thrust washer including a disk portion and a peripheral skirt extending axially away from the disk portion, the peripheral skirt having a plurality of openings and a characteristic diameter measured at an axial location of the openings, and a protuberance proximate to at least one of the openings. The assembly may also include a lock ring inserted into the thrust washer, where the lock ring includes a plurality of tangs that extend beyond a lock ring major diameter such that the tangs fit within the openings of the thrust washer. The protuberance may be deformed such that all of the peripheral skirt is within the characteristic diameter, and the protuberance may define an internal envelope of the thrust washer where the internal envelope is larger than the major diameter of the lock ring.

Address:

308 S Fulton St, Wauseon, OH 43567

Phone:

419-335-3080

VIN:

2CNALPEW0A6260047

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

EQUINOX

Year:

2010