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US 2013/0239395 A1Published application
Multi-part locking nut
AssigneeIndustrial Nut Corp.
InventorsGary L. Schuster, John William Springer
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Abstract
A multi-part locking nut assembly has a lock nut having a raised center portion and a flange having a plurality of holes therethrough, a washer having a protrusion which is matingly received by a notch in a spindle; the washer having a plurality of holes therethrough; and at least one locking pin which is slidably received by one of the plurality of holes of the nut and one of the plurality of holes of the washer; and a resilient biasing member which retains the locking pin in place.
Claims18
A multi-part locking nut assembly, comprising:
- a nut having a raised center portion and a flange having a plurality of holes therethrough:
- a washer having a protrusion which is matingly received by a notch in an associated spindle;
- said washer having a plurality of holes therethrough;
- and at least one locking pin which is slidably received by one of said plurality of holes of said nut and one of said plurality of holes of said washer;
- and a resilient biasing member which retains said at least one locking pin in place.
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A method of assembling a lock nut, comprising:
- assembling a washer on a spindle by aligning a protrusion of said washer with a groove on said spindle;
- threading a lock nut onto said spindle until said nut contacts said washer;
- aligning at least one hole in said nut with at least one hole in said washer;
- inserting a pin through said at least one hole of said washer and said at least one hole of said lock nut;
- and
- inserting a resilient biasing member onto said nut to retain said pin onto said nut and washer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.