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US 2013/0154169 A1Published application
Spring assembly
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorsJerry Wayne Myers, Bernard Albert Luschek, Dennis Alan McQueen
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Abstract
A spring assembly having a bushing, a bolt having a head and a shank that may be received within the bushing, a first spring bearing surface, a second spring bearing surface, and a spring located between the first and second spring bearing surfaces and bearing against each of the first and second spring bearing surfaces.
Claims13
A spring assembly comprising:
- a bushing defining a through passage, a first threaded portion provided within the through passage, and further having a stop;
- a bolt having a head and a shank on which is provided a second threaded portion received within the through passage and sized to be threaded into the first threaded portion;
- a first spring bearing surface operably coupled to at least one of the bushing and bolt;
- a second spring bearing surface slidably coupled to the bushing for sliding movement between the first spring bearing surface and the stop;
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- a spring located between and bearing against each of the first and second spring bearing surfaces;
- wherein in a non-use condition, the second threaded portion is threaded into the first threaded portion to retain the bushing, bolt, first and second bearing surfaces, and spring as an assembled unit, and in a use condition, the second threaded portion extends out the through passage where the second threaded portion may be threaded into a separate element.
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