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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1978
Melvin Levine, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A piston crankshaft connecting rod includes a column having a piston wrist pin engaging bearing collar at one end and a crankpin engaging split bearing collar at the opposite end, the split collar being releaseably locked in assembled condition by a flexible metal band encircling the outer section of the split collar and either the split collar inner section or the full column including the wrist pin collar or another portion of the connecting rod. The band is longitudinally medially slotted at opposite ends and the separate arms are looped, the loops engaging pins on tapped and smooth bored coupling members engaged by a bolt so that contraction and separation between the band ends may be effected by turning the bolt. The inner split collar is integrallly formed with the column or is cradled in a saddle formed at the column end.