Patents by Inventor Connor E. Price

Connor E. Price has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Preloading nut for wedge sleeve
    Patent number: 4160608
    Abstract: A nut is provided for preloading a sleeve which is wedged between a tubular member and a shaft. The nut, which is threadedly received on the tubular member, has a resilient, radially inwardly extending portion to engage the end of the wedge sleeve. When the nut is tightened on the tubular member, the inwardly extending portion of the nut is deflected to produce a stress-created force on the wedge sleeve, continuously urging the wedge sleeve toward a tightening position between the tubular member and the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Derner, Connor E. Price
  • Wedge mounted machine element
    Patent number: 3953142
    Abstract: A wedge-shaped sleeve is inserted between the inner race of a bearing and a shaft to clamp the bearing to the shaft. The sleeve, which is resilient with a longitudinal slit, has a rib thereon to engage a groove in the bearing race to hold the sleeve and bearing in assembled relation when the sleeve is relaxed. An alternative sleeve, which is split to constitute two separate halves, is disclosed. There is also shown a bearing mounted in a bore in which the tapered sleeve is received between the bore and the outer race of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Connor E. Price, William J. Derner