Patent ID: 7356879
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adjusting unit for adjusting a spacing between a fixedly mounted first member and a resiliently mounted second member, the adjusting unit comprising an adjusting screw and a receiving member, said adjusting screw being of one-piece structure and comprising a shaft provided with male threads, and a head, said receiving member being of one-piece structure and comprising female threads in engagement with said male threads so that said adjusting screw and said receiving member are adjustable relative to each other, said adjusting screw having an end provided with an abutment surface adapted to be supported against said resiliently mounted second member and said receiving member having an annular flange adapted to be supported against said fixedly mounted first member such that the spacing between said first and second members is adjustable by rotational movements of the adjusting screw relative to the receiving member, said head of the adjusting screw being adapted to engage said receiving member for limiting adjusting movements of said adjusting screw into said receiving member and said adjusting screw having an annular shoulder facing away from said head and adapted to engage said receiving member for limiting adjustment movements of the adjusting screw in a direction out of said receiving member such that, when the adjusting unit is being pre-assembled, the adjusting screw is moveable to a central position from which it may be displaced in opposite axial directions.