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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:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel R McLarty, Burlington, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Torrington Company, Torrington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384526 ; 384531 ;
Abstract
A ball bearing retainer in the form of a unitary molded plastic ring with a plurality of ball receiving pockets spaced circumferentially about the ring. The ball receiving pockets have a generally truncated spherical shape. The pockets have at least two prongs located about the pocket for retaining a ball in the pocket.