Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Wheel – Hub
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-16
2009-06-16
Bellinger, Jason R (Department: 3617)
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Wheel
Hub
C184S006400, C384S624000, C116S216000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07547077
ABSTRACT:
Wheel and other bearing restraint jam nuts and early warning visual warning indicators for use with bearing hubs including driven and non-driven wheel bearing hubs wherein each jam nut is adapted to be received on either a threaded drive axle tube spindle or an axle spindle by use of a convention tool and such that the jam nut is of a size to obstruct wheel bearing hub separation in the event of a bearing failure and wherein a portion of the jam nut is engageable to force an indicator outwardly of the wheel bearing hub whenever the wheel bearing hub is not properly rotating about it's axis of rotation to thereby provide a visual indication of a potential problem with the bearings or other components within the wheel or other bearing hub.
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Ekman John M.
Melberg Nels
Bellinger Jason R
Dowell & Dowell , P.C.
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