Patent ID: 9200672
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B23P,B25B,F16B,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft, the system comprising: a preload apparatus configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing, said preload apparatus releasably connectable to the shaft; a lock nut engageable with the shaft and engageable with a keeper, said keeper having a radially inner side configured to engage the shaft to inhibit rotational movement of said nut relative to the shaft when said radially inner side engages the shaft and said lock nut and said keeper are engaged; and at least one recess in a face of the nut, said at least one recess configured to expose an inner race of the bearing to allow access by said preload apparatus to the bearing to provide a load to the bearing.