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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Walter Peter Telly, Perkasie, PA (US);
Joel Eric Higbee, Doylestown, PA (US);
Henry Karl Sprenger, Huntingdon, PA (US);
Milton Roy Company, Ivyland, PA (US);
Abstract
A gear shaft assembly for use with a pump and a method of making the same are gear shaft of the present invention. The disclosed assembly includes a housing, a stepped shaft, and a gear rotationally disposed on the shaft. The shaft has a first end disposed in a first bore defined in the housing and a second end in threaded engagement with a second bore of the housing. A first shoulder of the shaft disposed adjacent the first end engages a portion of the housing to define a fully inserted position of the shaft. The gear is disposed on an intermediate section of the shaft between the first shoulder and a second shoulder located adjacent the second end.