Pivot joint assembly
CA 2062050 C · Owner: Devries, Kevin B. · Inventors: Devries, Kevin B.
Overview
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A pivot joint for a rotary lever has a spacer extending axially from a foundation such as an engine motor component. The spacer includes a cylindrical ferrule. A rotary lever and a belleville spring both, having a bore of a size to fit over the outside of the ferrule in a sliding fit, are slid over the ferrule. The belleville spring has an uncompressed cone height to thickness ratio of 1.4 to 1.8 and is compressed by at least 50% of the uncompressed cone height. The joint also includes a means for fastening the spacer to the foundation and a means for securing the lever and belleville spring onto the ferrule. The securing means bears against the free end of the ferrule to compress the …
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- Filed February 28, 1992 and granted June 9, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 28, 2014.
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