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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Coventry, GB;
Inventors:
Niki S. Woodhead, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Robert Slayne, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/08 (2006.01); F16C 43/00 (2006.01); F16C 27/00 (2006.01); F16C 35/077 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01); F16C 35/02 (2006.01); F16C 35/073 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); F16C 35/07 (2006.01); F16D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/0835 (2013.01); F16C 27/00 (2013.01); F16C 35/02 (2013.01); F16C 35/07 (2013.01); F16C 35/073 (2013.01); F16C 35/077 (2013.01); F16C 43/00 (2013.01); G11B 5/4813 (2013.01); G11B 25/043 (2013.01); G11B 33/123 (2013.01); F16C 2370/12 (2013.01); F16D 2001/062 (2013.01); G11B 5/4806 (2013.01); G11B 33/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49696 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49945 (2015.01); Y10T 403/452 (2015.01); Y10T 403/453 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7047 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7049 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7058 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7061 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tolerance ring has a hollow band with outwardly extending corrugated protrusions forming waves that engage an inner surface of a bore of a housing. At one end of the tolerance ring is an inwardly flared guide surface extending axially and radially from the band. The guide surface acts as a tapered entrance to assist the insertion of a shaft into the hollow band during assembly of the ring into the bore of the housing.