Excavating assembly system with collared fastening system
AssigneeHensley Industries, Inc.
InventorsYusuke Kiyama, Mohamad Youssef Bilal, Sean M. Pitts
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Abstract
A lock assembly for securing a wear member to a support structure includes a collar and a pin. The collar includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, an outer circumferential profile including at least eight planar surfaces extending around a perimeter of the collar between the top and bottom surfaces, and a bore extending along a central axis from the top surface to the bottom surface. The pin is configured for receipt in the bore of the collar.
Claims18
A lock assembly for securing a wear member to a support structure, comprising:
- a collar comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- an outer circumferential profile including at least eight planar surfaces extending around a perimeter of the collar between the top and bottom surfaces;
- a bore extending along a central axis from the top surface to the bottom surface;
- and
- a pin configured for receipt in the bore of the collar,
- wherein at least a portion of a wall defining the bore of the collar includes first threads and at least a portion of an outer surface of the pin includes second threads corresponding to the first threads, and
- wherein the collar further comprises a biased pin detent mechanism, a portion of the pin detent mechanism extending into the bore, and the pin comprises an indentation adjacent to an upper end of the second threads that is configured to receive the portion of the pin detent mechanism when the pin is fully seated in the collar.
A lock assembly for securing a wear member to a support structure, comprising:
- a collar comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- an outer circumferential profile including at least eight planar surfaces extending around a perimeter of the collar between the top and bottom surfaces;
- a bore extending along a central axis from the top surface to the bottom surface;
- and
- a pin configured for receipt in the bore of the collar,
- wherein at least a portion of a wall defining the bore of the collar includes first threads and at least a portion of an outer surface of the pin includes second threads corresponding to the first threads, and
- wherein a top surface of the pin is substantially flush with or recessed below the top surface of the collar when the pin is fully seated in the collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.