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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Applicant:
James Craig Tuthill, Elkhart, IN (US);
Inventor:
James Craig Tuthill, Elkhart, IN (US);
Assignee:
Dexter Axle Company, Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A spindle nut retainer is provided for preventing a nut threaded upon a spindle from unthreading and detaching from the spindle. The spindle nut retainer includes an integral base section and peripheral section maintaining a cup-shaped configuration. The base section includes an aperture through which the spindle may pass and the peripheral section includes a plurality of fingers which form windows therebetween used to form a locking connection between the spindle nut retainer and the nut.