Patent ID: 6447413
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B62J,B62M,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device in combination with a pivoting means and a stationery means for reducing damage to the pivoting means and stationary means, the device comprising:a head comprising a head-barrel connector; a flange comprising a flange-barrel connector; a pin comprising a first end and a second end, said pin having a pin-barrel connector at said first end and a pin mounting connector at said second end and a pin fracture notch between said first and said second ends, said pin is connected to said barrel by mating said pin-barrel connector to said barrel-pin connector, and said pin is removably connected to said stationary means by said pin mounting connector, said pin further comprising an outer wall and an inner wall, wherein said inner wall defines a pin-tool opening extending through said pin, so as to be actuated by a tool, said pin also comprising a depth stop, such that an interaction between said depth stop and said stationery means by said pin mounting connector establishes a desired insertion depth on said pin during installation to prevent excessive preloading of the pin when the flange is in contact with the stationery means; and a barrel comprising a first and a second end, the barrel having a barrel-head connector at a first end and a barrel-flange connector and a barrel-pin connector at the second end, said head is connected to the barrel by mating barrel-head connector to the head-barrel connector, the flange is connected to the barrel by mating the barrel-flange connector to the flange-barrel connector, the pivoting means is retained between the head and the flange, the barrel further comprising an outer wall and an inner wall, wherein the inner wall defines a pin-tool access opening extending through the barrel, wherein the pin-tool access opening is dimensioned such that it does not interfere with an insertion or rotation of the pin tool inserted through the pin-tool access opening and into the pin-tool opening.