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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. 14, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel R McLarty, Burlington, CT (US);
John H Munson, New Britain, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Torrington Company, Torrington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384447 ; 384-1 ; 384478 ; 384517 ; 384624 ;
Abstract
A bearing assembly for use with a spindle and featuring a rotatable preload actuator having differential thread portions in mesh with threaded sections of a selected race adjustment member to selectively vary the loading of the bearing. Drive means is provided for rotating the preload actuator to control actual bearing load.