Patent ID: 6623167
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A01F,F16C

Abstract:
In a combination of a shaft having a bearing mounting portion of non-circular cross section and of a bearing having inner race and outer races disposed on opposite sides of rotating elements with said inner race being provided with an opening mating with, and received on, said non-circular cross section of said shaft, the improvement comprising: a clamping assembly acting between said shaft and opposite sides of said inner race of said bearing for preventing said inner race from moving either axially or radially relative to said shaft; said clamping assembly including a threaded element coupled to, and moveable relative to, an end of said shaft; said threaded element having an axially inwardly facing surface; a stop structure fixed to said shaft at a location on an opposite side of said inner race of said bearing from said inwardly facing surface; and said clamping assembly including at least one axial load transfer element engaged by said inwardly facing surface and acting so as to create a force transferred to said stop structure by way of said inner race of said bearing.