Patent ID: 6378834
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: F16F,H02K

Abstract:
A hub ring for mounting a shaft on a bracket having a support surface, the hub ring comprising:an annular ring having a center axis; a locking mechanism secured to the ring, the locking mechanism being adapted for automatically attaching the hub ring to the bracket when the hub ring is positioned on the support surface of the bracket; the locking mechanism includes at least one resilient arm protruding from the annular ring and a barb on a distal end of the arm, the barb is positioned on the arm where the barb will engage with the bracket and cause the arm to deflect from a first position of the arm relative to the annular ring to a second position of the arm relative to the annular ring when the hub ring is moved in a first direction toward the support surface of the bracket, the arm is adapted for causing the arm to at least partially resiliently return from its second position to its first position relative to the annular ring as the barb passes an edge of the bracket when the hub ring is positioned on the support surface of the bracket, the barb also being positioned on the arm where the barb will engage the edge of the bracket and limit motion of the hub ring relative to the bracket in a second direction, opposite the first direction when the hub ring is positioned on the support surface of the bracket.