Patent classifications
F
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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F16
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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F16D
COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
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Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
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F16D3/16
Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
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F16D3/26
Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected
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F16D3/38
with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another
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with intermediate member provided with two pairs of outwardly-directed trunnions on intersecting axes
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Apparatus for assembling or dismantling
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Snap ring expander
12533759 · 2026-01-27 · ·

A manufacturing assembly for installing a snap ring into a bore of a multi-axial joint includes a ram tool configured to axially force the snap ring through the bore towards a retention groove with the snap ring in a constricted configuration. An axially distal end of the ram tool includes one or more engagement elements having a tapered engagement surface configured to apply a radially outward force to the snap ring during passage thereof through the bore to urge the snap ring to expand from the constricted configuration back towards an original configuration upon the snap ring reaching the retention groove. A funnel tool configured to constrict and the direct the snap ring into the bore includes an alignment key configured for reception within a keyway of the ram tool during installation of the snap ring to orient the funnel tool and the snap ring relative to the ram tool.