Bearing grease fitting and assembly
AssigneeMTD Products Inc
InventorAl Borling
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Abstract
A bearing grease fitting for directing grease into an interior portion of a wheel hub. The bearing grease fitting is an integral piece having a protrusion with a nippled end. The grease fitting has a first portion, which seats within a wheel hub. Grease is transferred from a grease gun through the protrusion to an interior portion of a wheel, such as an axle. A bearing grease fitting assembly consists of the grease fitting together with the wheel hub.
Claims6
A bearing grease fitting adapted for supporting an associated rotatable axle consisting of:
- a body having first and second ends and an axial bore therein extending between first and second ends and defining a cylindrical inner periphery, a first portion encompassing said first end and including a first co-axial cylindrical exterior periphery having a first outer diameter, and a second portion adjacent said first portion having a second co-axial cylindrical exterior periphery having a second outer diameter greater than said first diameter;
- a protrusion adapted for use with an associated grease gun, said protrusion extending from said second cylindrical exterior periphery and being angled toward said second end, said protrusion having a grease delivery bore therein opening through a top surface of said protrusion and communicating with said axial bore;
- and,
- said inner periphery having a linear flow path therein extending from said grease delivery bore to said first end of said body.
In combination, a wheel hub, a rotatable axle, and a bearing grease fitting, said combination comprising:
- a wheel hub having an axial hub bore therein, said axial hub bore defining an inner hub surface;
- an axle;
- and,
- a bearing grease fitting comprising a body having first and second ends and an axial bore therein extending between first and second ends and defining a cylindrical inner periphery, said body including a first portion encompassing said first end and including a first co-axial cylindrical exterior periphery having a first outer diameter, and a second portion adjacent said first portion having a second co-axial cylindrical exterior periphery having a second outer diameter greater than said first diameter;
- a protrusion extending from said second cylindrical exterior periphery and being angled toward said second end, said protrusion having a grease delivery bore therein extending from a top surface of said protrusion and communicating with said axial bore;
- wherein said inner periphery has a flow channel therein extending from said grease delivery bore to said first end of said body;
- wherein said axle extends through said axial bore of said bearing grease fitting and said first portion of said bearing grease fitting is received within said axial hub bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.