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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kuo-Jen Wang, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
Darfon Electronics Corp., Taoyuan, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310 91 ; 310 91 ; 310 90 ; 310 / ;
Abstract
A retaining ring for use with a shaft is provided. The retaining ring is in shape of a thin plate and includes a plurality of pedal-like portions with any two adjacent pedal-like portion being connected to each other by a deformable connection portion. The plurality of pedal-like portions defines a channel at the center of the retaining ring for passage of the shaft. As the shaft enters the channel, the connection portion deforms in response.