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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:
Mar. 01, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank L Harwath, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Suntec Industries Incorporated, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
418-9 ; 418200 ; 418206 ; 403248 ;
Abstract
A two-stage gear pump with two gear sets each having a pinion telescoped onto a slotted drive shaft with a press fit and also positively keyed to the shaft. One key in the slot of the shaft includes radial ears establishing a positive coupling between the shaft and one of the pinions and also includes cantilevered spring fingers which enhance the press fit between the shaft and the other pinion.