Patent ID: 8517655
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A locking wedge system for locking a first member to a second member in axially fixed spaced relation along a stud, at least the first member threadedly mounted on the stud, the system comprising: a pair of laterally tapered washers, each having a laterally tapered inner face facing the other tapered washer configured to be mounted in axially displaceable relation on the stud between the first member and the second member, a laterally tapered wedge member, having opposing tapered faces, configured to be mounted on the stud between the pair of tapered washers, each of the opposing tapered faces slidably engaging the inner face of one of the two tapered washers, the tapered wedge member being laterally displaceable relative to the stud and to the tapered washers, and a locking wedge displacer configured to laterally displace the tapered wedge member from an unlocked position wherein the stud is not axially tensioned to a locked position wherein the stud is axially tensioned, wherein the locking wedge displacer is configured to pull the tapered wedge member between the pair of tapered washers for increasing the axial tension on the stud.