Patent ID: 6561720
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: F16B,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
An axial securing device comprisinga hollow cylindrical body having an open end and an inward facing groove axially spaced from said end, a cylindrical component which is received in said open end of said hollow cylindrical body, said cylindrical component having an outward facing groove which is radially aligned with said inward facing groove when said cylindrical component is received in said hollow cylindrical body in an assembled position, a locking ring captured between said grooves when said cylindrical component is received in said hollow cylindrical body in said assembled position, said locking ring having a pair of bent ends which can be squeezed together to insert said locking ring in said outward facing groove, said locking ring being loaded outward into said inward facing groove, a ring-shaped space between said cylindrical component and said hollow cylindrical body, said ring-shaped space extending from said outward facing groove toward said open end, and a C-shaped element received in said ring-shaped space in said assembled position for holding said locking ring in said inward facing groove, said C-shaped element having an end part which is received in said outward facing groove and rests radially against the locking rings.