Patent ID: 9512599
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: E02F

Claim Text:
1. A retaining device for a male part with an orifice or for a female part with an orifice which are to be coupled to one another, the retaining device comprises at least one tightening element to allow auto-fixing of the retaining device by pressure directly to a surface of the female part or of the male part, said tightening element comprising: two straight sectors attached to one another by an intermediate third sector, and wherein at least one of the two straight sectors has a split or bifurcation thus forming two sub-sectors approximately parallel to one another so as to press against a common interior side of the female part or the male part so that each of the two subsectors engages an opposite side of a pin when inserted in the orifice of the female part or the orifice of the male part; and wherein the male part and the female part are for a tooth assembly of an excavator.