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Helical conical spring lock-washer and method of formation thereof

US4302136A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 1979
Grant dateNov 24, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 20, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B39/24
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A helical conical spring lock-washer includes a lock-washer body having formed on one surface thereof a plurality of triangular pyramid-shaped depressions. Each of the depressions provides a triangular opening formed on the respective surface of the lock-washer body, with the base of the triangular opening positioned adjacent to the outer margin of the lock-washer body and the apex of the triangular opening directed toward the center of the lock-washer body.

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