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US 6,659,648 B1Granted
Bearing insert for motor operators
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsErik Russel Bogdon, Dave Curtis Turner
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Abstract
A screw shaft for a motor operator is pivotally secured at each end by a bearing insert, with each bearing insert fitting within a channel defined within opposing walls of the housing.
Claims20
A bearing insert for motor operators, the motor operators comprising a housing having a pair of opposing walls, each wall having an inside surface, an outside surface, and a channel, and a rotatably mounted screw shaft having a pair of ends, and extending between said walls, said bearing insert comprising:
- a body having a pair of side edges and a bottom edge;
- an aperture within said body, dimensioned and configured to receive one of the ends of the screw shaft, and to fit within said channel;
- and
- means for securing said bearing insert within said channel.
1 more element
A motor operator for a circuit breaker, comprising:
- a housing having a pair of opposing walls, each wall having an inside surface, an outside surface, and a channel;
- a rotatably mounted screw shaft having a pair of ends, and extending between said walls;
- and
- a bearing insert, comprising:
- a body having a pair of side edges and a bottom edge, said body being dimensioned and configured to be received by said channel;
- an aperture within said body, dimensioned and configured to receive one of said ends of said screw shaft;
- and
- means for securing said bearing insert within said channel.
5 more elements
A method of assembling a motor operator, comprising:
- providing a screw shaft having a pair of ends;
- providing a pair of bearing inserts, each bearing insert having an aperture dimensioned and configured to receive one of said ends of said screw shaft;
- providing a housing having a pair of opposing walls, each wall defining a channel dimensioned and configured to receive said bearing insert;
- inserting each of said ends of said screw shaft into said aperture of one of said bearing inserts;
- inserting each of said bearing inserts into one of said channels, maintaining said ends of said screw shaft within said bearing inserts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.