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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Kevin P. Hanrahan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ryan J. Schmidt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David D. Dexter, Goleta, CA (US);
Kevin P. Hanrahan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ryan J. Schmidt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David D. Dexter, Goleta, CA (US);
Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
A tolerance ring configured to reduce torque ripple for a pivot bearing in an actuator arm assembly. The tolerance ring comprises a cylinder having a predetermined length, and a first and a second row of contacting portions arranged around the surface of the cylinder, the contacting portions of the second row are circumferentially displaced with respect to the first row by a distance greater than zero but less than the distance of the contacting portion and the spacing between adjacent contacting portions in the first row.