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US 8,616,780 B2Granted
Bearing adjuster assembly
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsDale Kwasniewski, Robert D. Kluck, Larry Wagle
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Abstract
A bearing adjuster assembly is provided. The bearing adjuster assembly may have a housing, a bearing, an adjuster ring, a retainer ring, and a seal assembly. The adjuster ring exerts a force upon the bearing. The retainer ring inhibits rotation of the adjuster ring. The seal assembly inhibits movement of the retainer ring.
Claims20
A bearing adjuster assembly comprising:
- a housing having a hole;
- a bearing disposed in the hole;
- an adjuster ring that engages the housing and exerts a force upon the bearing;
- a retainer ring having a set of inner prongs that engage the adjuster ring and a set of outer prongs that engage the housing to inhibit rotation of the adjuster ring;
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- a seal assembly that engages the retainer ring to inhibit movement of the retainer ring.
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A bearing adjuster assembly comprising:
- a housing having a hole and a threaded portion;
- a bearing disposed in the hole;
- a shaft that is rotatably supported by the bearing and configured to rotate about an axis;
- an adjuster ring having a threaded outside diameter that engages the threaded portion and that exerts a force on the bearing;
- a retainer ring that is disposed in the hole and has a set of inner prongs that extend from an inside diameter of the retainer ring to engage the adjuster ring and a set of outer prongs that extend from an outside diameter of the retainer ring toward the housing to inhibit movement of the adjuster ring;
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- a seal assembly disposed in the hole that engages and inhibits movement of the retainer ring.
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A bearing adjuster assembly comprising:
- a housing having a hole that is disposed along an axis and a first circumferential surface, a second circumferential surface, and a third circumferential surface that at least partially define the hole;
- a seal assembly that engages the first circumferential surface;
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- an adjuster ring that threadingly engages the second circumferential surface;
- a bearing that engages the third circumferential surface;
- a retainer ring disposed between the adjuster ring and the seal assembly;
- wherein the seal assembly inhibits axial movement of the retainer ring and the retainer ring inhibits axial movement of the adjuster ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.