Patents by Inventor Timothy Allen Meckstroth

Timothy Allen Meckstroth 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).

  • Spindle nut retainer system
    Patent number: 11959506
    Abstract: A spindle nut retainer is used with a spindle with a flat portion on its threaded end. The flat portion interrupts the threads on the threaded end. A washer with a mating flat portion is slidably mounted over the threaded end and a nut is removably threaded to the threaded end of the spindle against the washer to set the preload on bearings. The nut retainer overlays a plurality of the corners of the nut and engages the threaded portion of the spindle with tangs. A majority of the tangs are flexed or bent to remain in biased contact with the threads on the spindle. Some of the tangs are located over the flat portion and remain unbent. The tangs resist rotation of the nut by engagement with the flat portion where it meets the threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dexter Axle Company LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Meckstroth, Ernest Martin, John Robert Jurek
  • SPINDLE NUT RETAINER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220220996
    Abstract: A spindle nut retainer is used with a spindle with a flat portion on its threaded end. The flat portion interrupts the threads on the threaded end. A washer with a mating flat portion is slidably mounted over the threaded end and a nut is removably threaded to the threaded end of the spindle against the washer to set the preload on bearings. The nut retainer overlays a plurality of the corners of the nut and engages the threaded portion of the spindle with tangs. A majority of the tangs are flexed or bent to remain in biased contact with the threads on the spindle. Some of the tangs are located over the flat portion and remain unbent. The tangs resist rotation of the nut by engagement with the flat portion where it meets the threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Dexter Axle Company, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Meckstroth, Ernest Martin, John Robert Jurek
  • Spindle nut retainer
    Patent number: 11300152
    Abstract: A spindle nut retainer is used with a spindle with a flat portion on its threaded end. The flat portion interrupts the threads on the threaded end. A washer with a mating flat portion is slidably mounted over the threaded end and a nut is removably threaded to the threaded end of the spindle against the washer to set the preload on bearings. The nut retainer overlays a plurality of the corners of the nut and engages the threaded portion of the spindle with tangs. A majority of the tangs are flexed or bent to remain in biased contact with the threads on the spindle. Some of the tangs are located over the flat portion and remain unbent. The tangs resist rotation of the nut by engagement with the flat portion where it meets the threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dexter Axle Company
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Meckstroth, Ernest Martin, John Robert Jurek
  • SPINDLE NUT RETAINER
    Publication number: 20210207643
    Abstract: A spindle nut retainer is used with a spindle with a flat portion on its threaded end. The flat portion interrupts the threads on the threaded end. A washer with a mating flat portion is slidably mounted over the threaded end and a nut is removably threaded to the threaded end of the spindle against the washer to set the preload on bearings. The nut retainer overlays a plurality of the corners of the nut and engages the threaded portion of the spindle with tangs. A majority of the tangs are flexed or bent to remain in biased contact with the threads on the spindle. Some of the tangs are located over the flat portion and remain unbent. The tangs resist rotation of the nut by engagement with the flat portion where it meets the threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: DEXTER AXLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Meckstroth, Ernest Martin, John Robert Jurek