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US 2008/0166202 A1Published application
Conical nut
OwnerWilliam L. Dunlap, Daniel W. Bardinventors
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Abstract
A conical nut comprising a body (10) having a cylindrical portion (121), a threaded bore surface (13) and a flange (11) extending normally from the cylindrical portion, a biasing member comprising a disc spring (30), a conical seat (450) having a tapered surface (451), the conical seat coaxially engagable with the cylindrical portion, the biasing member disposed between the flange and the conical seat, and a flared rim (120) engaged with the conical seat (450) to prevent disengagement of the conical seat from the cylindrical portion.
Claims6
A conical nut comprising:
- a body (10) having a cylindrical portion (121), a threaded bore surface (13) and a flange (11) extending normally from the cylindrical portion;
- a biasing member comprising a disc spring (30);
- a conical seat (450) having a tapered surface (451), the conical seat coaxially engagable with the cylindrical portion;
- the biasing member disposed between the flange and the conical seat;
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- a flared rim (120) engaged with the conical seat (450) to prevent disengagement of the conical seat from the cylindrical portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.