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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2020
Mtd Products Inc, Valley City, OH (US);
Jay E. Maggard, Polk, OH (US);
MTD PRODUCTS INC, Valley City, OH (US);
Abstract
A non-rotatable shaft/hub connection, providing a shaft having a tapered end and a bore, the tapered end having at least two angled faces; a hub having a tapered opening and an aperture, wherein the tapered opening is configured to receive the tapered end, the tapered opening provides at least two tapered portions. The non-rotatable shaft/hub connection provides an anti-backlash shaft/hub interface, having a shaft adapted to be rotatably driven about an axis of rotation, the shaft having a tapered end providing a tapered, double-D configuration; and a hub, having an opening configured to receive the double-D configuration of the tapered end.