Actuator lock nut assembly
AssigneeMicrotecnica S.R.L.
InventorsDario MOLINELLI, Franco MAINO, Michele RESTUCCIA
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Abstract
A lock nut assembly for an actuator, the lock nut assembly comprising a nut configured to be mounted to a bracket of the actuator for axial movement relative to the bracket, and a lock nut retaining and release mechanism configured to be fixedly mounted to the bracket and axially movable between a first engaged position in which the lock nut retaining and release mechanism engages with the nut to prevent rotation of the nut and a second unlocked position in which the lock nut retaining and release mechanism is not engaged with the nut and the nut can be rotated relative to the bracket.
Claims13
A lock nut assembly for an actuator, the lock nut assembly comprising:
- a nut configured to be mounted to a bracket of the actuator for axial movement relative to the bracket;
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- a lock nut retaining and release mechanism configured to be fixedly mounted to the bracket and axially movable between a first engaged position in which the lock nut retaining and release mechanism engages with the nut to prevent rotation of the nut and a second unlocked position in which the lock nut retaining and release mechanism is not engaged with the nut and the nut can be rotated relative to the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.