Patent ID: 8628284

Claim:
A locking plate for a locking arrangement for securing a shaft nut on a threaded shaft, the threaded shaft having an axial groove in an outer envelope surface, the locking plate comprising: a plate attachable to the shaft nut and having a first end, a second end, an inwardly projecting portion disposeable at least partially within the axial groove in the threaded shaft, and first and second elongated through-holes, the through-holes being generally aligned and spaced-apart so as to define an intermediate non-slotted material portion, the inwardly projecting portion of the locking plate being positioned non-symmetrically in relation to the intermediate non-slotted material portion, wherein the plate has opposing flat sides separately disposeable against the shaft nut and the inwardly projecting portion of the locking plate has a generally T-shaped end such that the projecting portion is disposeable within the shaft axial groove when either one of the flat sides of the locking plate is disposed against the nut.