Assembly for preventing abuse of a pump mounted to a driver equipment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9790997
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14488376

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An assembly for preventing abuse of a pump mounted to a driver equipment is provided. The driver equipment and the pump have a mutually intermeshed driver gear and a driven gear respectively. The assembly includes a coupler splined to a shaft of the pump and configured to transmit torque from the driven gear to the shaft. The assembly also includes fasteners that are configured to releasably fasten the coupler to an end face of the driven gear. The fasteners are configured to shear, and disconnect the coupler from the driven gear when a torque on the driven gear exceeds an operational torque of the pump.

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PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC9301 WEST 55TH STREET LAGRANGE IL 60525

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Bell, Stuart Chicago Heights, US 6 105

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