Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for preloading a bearing
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Application No.: US15661808Application Date: 2017-07-27
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Publication No.: US09987732B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: John E. Rode , Sean E. Strait
- Applicant: TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Fonda
- Assignee: TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Fonda
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Nicholas Mesiti, Esq.; Victor A. Cardona, Esq.
- Main IPC: B23P19/027
- IPC: B23P19/027 ; B25B27/06 ; F16B39/12 ; F16C25/06 ; F16C43/04

Abstract:
A system for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft includes an attaching member releasably connectable to the shaft and a press mechanism in fluid communication with a source of fluid and configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing. The press mechanism includes a switch having a base and a piston in communication with the fluid such that an increase in a pressure of the fluid results in the piston extending upwardly from the base and a decrease in the pressure of the fluid results in the piston retracting toward the base. The switch includes a lower proximity sensor and a higher proximity sensor. The piston is configured to extend upwardly from the base past the lower proximity sensor and to trip the higher proximity sensor. The switch is configured to control the increase in the pressure in response to the piston tripping the higher proximity sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170320203A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRELOADING A BEARING Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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