US Patent Issued to TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods for preloading a bearing" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,040, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TEMPER AXLE PRODUCTS Corp. (Fonda, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for preloading a bearing" was invented by John E. Rode (Fonda, N.Y.) and Sean E. Strait (Fort Plain, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft includes an attaching member releasably connectable to the shaft and a press mechanism in fluid communication with a source of fluid and configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing. The press mechanism includes a switch having a base and a piston in communication with the fluid such that an increase in a pressure of the fluid...