Retainer for rotating members

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10378588
APP PUB NO 20180202496A1
SERIAL NO

15409748

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A retainer for coupling rotating shafts includes a body and a finger. The body may have a curved section extending in a circumferential direction about an axis and a pair of ends. The finger extends from the body and has a least a portion that extends inwardly toward the axis. The finger may be flexible and resilient and have an at rest state and a second state wherein the finger flexes outwardly away from the axis when acted upon by a sufficient force, and the finger returns toward its at rest state when the force is reduced or removed from the finger. When a second shaft is partially inserted into a first shaft, an object may engage and flex the finger until the object passes by the finger whereupon the finger may return toward the at rest state partially overlapping the object.

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GKN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITEDBIRMINGHAM WEST MIDLANDS B37 7YE

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yang, Lei Novi, US 411 2241
Zagacki, Christopher M Ferndale, US 2 5

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