US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on March 17 for "Locking device for threaded adjuster" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,986, issued on March 17, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Locking device for threaded adjuster" was invented by Chane E. Myers (Waldron, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a bearing assembly of a vehicle. In one example, the bearing assembly includes a bearing coupled to a shaft and a threaded bearing adjuster in contact with the bearing and configured to apply a target amount of preload to the bearing. The bearing assembly may further include a locking ring in face-sharing contact with the threaded bearing adjuster. The locking ring may have a threaded outer s...