- Patent Title: Controlled torque bushing with shouldered two-piece inner sleeve
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Application No.: US17156340Application Date: 2021-01-22
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Publication No.: US12025180B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Brent D. Johnston
- Applicant: The Pullman Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Milan
- Assignee: The Pullman Company
- Current Assignee: The Pullman Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Milan
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: F16C17/10
- IPC: F16C17/10 ; F16F1/38 ; B60G7/04 ; F16F1/393

Abstract:
A bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve, a bearing, an elastomeric bushing, and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve includes two pieces. Each of the two pieces includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. Each of the proximal end portions includes an external shoulder having an outer radial face and an inner axial face. The bearing is rotationally mounted around the inner sleeve and captured between each of the inner axial faces of the external shoulders. The elastomeric bushing is disposed around the bearing and abutting the outer radial faces of the external shoulders. The outer sleeve is disposed around the elastomeric bushing and extending at least partially over the external shoulders.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220235817A1 CONTROLLED TORQUE BUSHING WITH SHOULDERED TWO-PIECE INNER SLEEVE Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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