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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Jtekt Europe, Irigny, FR;
Mickael Guerin, Brindas, FR;
JTEKT EUROPE, Irigny, FR;
Abstract
A plug for closing an opening of a casing, the plug including a solid hub, with central axis, as well as a retaining member which ensures the axial attachment of the plug in the opening, the plug including a play-compensating carriage, which is distinct from the hub and which is movably mounted on a guiding support borne by the hub, the guiding support being arranged in such a way as to axially retain the carriage and to guide the relative movement of the carriage with respect to the hub in a direction termed the 'play-compensating direction' transverse to the central axis, a spring-type resilient member, arranged between the guiding support and the carriage, and an orientating member arranged so as to orientate the plug, and consequently the play-compensating direction defined by the guiding support, in azimuth around the central axis, according to a predetermined orientation with respect to the casing.