Patent ID: 7278799
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: F16B,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hub for removable mounting onto a shaft comprising: a locking ring having an inner diameter adapted to surround the shaft and frictionally engage the shaft to fix the locking ring against the shaft axially and rotationally; a first annular hub component that is mounted in direct contact with the locking ring; and a second annular hub component that is mounted to the first annular hub component, wherein the locking ring comprises two C-shaped half rings attached to each other by threaded fasteners, wherein the first hub component is a unitary annular hub attached to the locking ring by a pair of threaded fasteners that extend through a respective half ring and into the first hub component, and wherein the second hub component has threads, and the first hub component has threads, which mate with each other to attach the first and second hub components to each other.