Patent ID: 9103430
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: F16C,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A power transmitting component comprising: a housing defining a bearing bulkhead and a threaded aperture that are disposed about an axis; a case; a bearing coupled to the case to support the case for rotation about the axis relative to the housing; a bearing adjuster threadably engaged to the threaded aperture and abutting the bearing, the bearing adjuster having a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart securing features; and a clip having a mount and a set of mating securing features, the clip being received on the bearing bulkhead such that the mount is secured to the bearing bulkhead in a snap-fit manner and the set of mating securing features are engaged to a corresponding set of the securing features; wherein the bearing bulkhead has a flange member and a first rail, the first rail being coupled to the flange member and extending perpendicular to the axis, and wherein the mount has a seat and a first clip member that is fixed to a first end of the seat, the seat abutting an end of the flange member, the first clip member being engaged to the first rail such that it wraps around the first rail and abuts the flange member on a side opposite the seat.