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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1999
Perry A. Crow, Lawson, MO (US);
Tony Allen Shirk, Savannah, MO (US);
Gray Automotive Products, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Abstract
A splined sleeve assembly is provided for use on a component support apparatus such as a clutch jack or the like. The support apparatus includes a base, a lift arm supported on the base for movement between a lowered position and a raised position, and a piston and cylinder assembly connected between the base and the lift arm for moving the lift arm between the lowered and raised positions. The support apparatus also includes a hinge plate supported on the lift arm for pivotal movement between raised and lowered positions, and the splined sleeve assembly includes a cylindrical support shaft adapted to be mounted on the hinge plate. A tubular sleeve presents a longitudinal axis and includes a cylindrical inner surface sized for axial and rotational sliding receipt on the support shaft, and an outer surface that includes a plurality of longitudinally extending splines adapted to engage a clutch or other component. When the hinge plate is pivoted to the raised position, the longitudinal axis of the support shaft is disposed in a substantially horizontal plane, and when the hinge plate is pivoted to the lowered position, the longitudinal axis of the support shaft is disposed in a substantially vertical plane.