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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Benjamin Nias, Patchway, GB;
Andrew Robert Slayne, Frampton Cotterell, GB;
Simon Alan Hughes, Pembrokeshire, GB;
Benjamin Nias, Patchway, GB;
Andrew Robert Slayne, Frampton Cotterell, GB;
Simon Alan Hughes, Pembrokeshire, GB;
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Saint-Gobain House, Binley Business Park, Coventry, unknown;
Abstract
A tolerance ring can include a generally cylindrical body having a sidewall. The sidewall can include a plurality of wave structures extending from the sidewall at regular intervals around the body, a first unformed section between a first pair of adjacent wave structures, and a second unformed section between a second pair of adjacent wave structures. The gap can extend along an entire length, L, of the body to establish a split in the body. The second unformed section can include a slot therein. The slot can have a length, L, and L≧80% L.