Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means comprising hand manipulatable tool
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Stormer, Russell D. (Department: 3617)
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means comprising hand manipulatable tool
C029S898070, C301S105100, C301S131000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06935005
ABSTRACT:
A tool facilitates the installation of a hub/bearing assembly on a CV joint during the assembly of an automotive vehicle. The hub/bearing assembly has a housing, a hub provided with a spindle that projects into the housing, and a bearing between the spindle and housing to enable the hub to rotate in the housing. The spindle contains an internal spline which mates with an external spline located on a half-shaft of the CV joint, when the hub/bearing assembly is fitted to the CV joint, but the universal movement of the CV joint makes fitting difficult in the absence of the tool. The tool has a sleeve which fits into the spline of the hub spindle and over a reduced end that projects beyond the spline on the half-shaft. It aligns the two splines so that the hub is simply pushed off the sleeve and over the spline of the half-shaft.
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Avery Michael C.
Doughtery John D.
Bellinger Jason R.
Polster Lieder Woodruff & Lucchesi L.C.
Stormer Russell D.
The Timken Company
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