Patent ID: 8191873
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
1. A device for limiting rotation of a wheel axle received in an eye of a leaf spring's wrapped end, the device comprising: a sleeve having a peripheral wall extending about an axis and dimensioned to fit circumferentially about the wheel axle inside the eye of the leaf spring with an inner surface of the peripheral wall situated against an outer peripheral surface of the wheel axle; and a tab projecting outward from the peripheral wall of the sleeve and extending in a direction parallel to the axis; whereby, with the sleeve fixed to the wheel axle to extend thereabout within the eye of the leaf spring and the tab projecting into a gap left between the leaf spring and the wrapped end thereof, contact between the tab and the leaf spring blocks rotation about the axis of the wheel axle and sleeve relative to the wrapped end of the leaf spring.