US Patent Issued to TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS on June 16 for "Systems and methods for preloading a bearing and aligning a lock nut" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,489, issued on June 16, was assigned to TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS Corp. (Fonda, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for preloading a bearing and aligning a lock nut" was invented by John E. Rode (Fonda, N.Y.) and Matthew Townes (Johnstown, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for use in providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft includes a preload apparatus having a first extension and a second extension engageable with an inner race of the bearing and configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing. The first extension has a first projection and the second extension has a second projection. A stop ring is configured to limi...