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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74411 ; 64 3 / ;
Abstract
A thin walled metal tubular spacer disposable in use in a compressed state between a pair of spaced pinion shaft bearings in a final drive unit to preload the pinion bearings. The tubular spacer is generally cylindrical and has a circumferential bulged portion to facilitate longitudinal compression of the tubular spacer, and has a cylindrical portion having at least one elongated opening therethrough. The elongated opening is oriented with its major dimension extending in the longitudinal dimension of the tubular spacer and facilitates torsional deformation of the cylindrical portion having at least one elongated opening therethrough.