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Lock nut with offset retaining ring

  • US 10,107,324 B1
  • Filed: 08/08/2017
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lock nut system comprising:

  • a nut having a plurality of nut teeth along an inner circumferential portion, said nut being threadably engageable with a shaft;

    a retaining member engageable with the nut;

    a keeper coupled to the retaining member and having a plurality of locking teeth configured to engage with said plurality of nut teeth, said keeper having a protrusion configured to fit within a recess of said shaft;

    wherein said plurality of locking teeth are offset relative to said protrusion so that a first distance between the protrusion and a first full locking tooth located on the clockwise side of the protrusion is not equal to a second distance between the protrusion and a second full locking tooth located on the counterclockwise side of the protrusion; and

    wherein said locking teeth engage with said nut teeth to lock said nut into position on said shaft when (i) the nut is threadably engaged to the shaft with the retaining member engaged to the nut and (ii) the protrusion is within the recess of the shaft.

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