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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Niki S. Woodhead, Bristol, GB;
Andrew R. Slayne, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Niki S. Woodhead, Bristol, GB;
Andrew R. Slayne, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Coventry, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); F16C 27/00 (2006.01); F16C 35/02 (2006.01); F16C 35/073 (2006.01); F16C 35/077 (2006.01); F16D 1/08 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01); F16D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4813 (2013.01); F16C 27/00 (2013.01); F16C 35/02 (2013.01); F16C 35/073 (2013.01); F16C 35/077 (2013.01); F16D 1/0835 (2013.01); G11B 25/043 (2013.01); G11B 33/123 (2013.01); F16D 2001/062 (2013.01); G11B 5/4806 (2013.01); G11B 33/12 (2013.01); F16C 2370/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tolerance ring has a band with outwardly extending corrugated protrusions forming waves that engage an outer surface of a shaft. At one end of the tolerance ring is an inwardly flared guide surface extending axially and radially from the band. The guide surface acts as a tapered entrance to a bore of a housing to assist during assembly.