Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Fastener securing element – Resilient metallic
Patent
1981-01-23
1988-10-04
Smith, Gary L.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Fastener securing element
Resilient metallic
411515, 411516, 411513, 411521, 411358, 403377, F16B 2114
Patent
active
047752734
ABSTRACT:
A positionally bistable domed annular disc includes a projection which engages a transverse through hole or a recess in a shaft to be retained. The disc fits concentrically about the shaft and is concave in different directions when in its two stable positions, respectively. In a cotter pin embodiment the projection extends from the outer rim of the disc and is bent to fit solidly in a transverse hole in the shaft. The projection is inserted when the disc is convex toward the hole and not surrounding the shaft. When switched to be concave toward the hole the disc surrounds the shaft to preclude longitudinal and rotative movement of the projection. In a retainer ring embodiment the projection is a plurality of fingers extending from one or both rims and arranged to engage the shaft or the bore in which the shaft is retained in its closed position. In a shaft coupling embodiment the projecting fingers engage two or more shafts in a manner which tolerates axial, radial and angular shaft misalignment.
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Brueske Curtis B.
Smith Gary L.
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