US 12,292,084 B2
Bearing anti-creep interface
Yuriy Gmirya, Woodbridge, CT (US)
Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,045.
Prior Publication US 2025/0002136 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. F16C 19/26 (2006.01); B64C 11/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 33/60 (2006.01); F16C 35/063 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/586 (2013.01) [B64C 11/02 (2013.01); F16C 19/26 (2013.01); F16C 33/60 (2013.01); F16C 35/063 (2013.01); F16C 2226/12 (2013.01); F16C 2226/80 (2013.01); F16C 2326/43 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing anti-creep interface comprising:
a drive shaft extending along a rotational axis;
a bearing race having an inner surface press-fit onto the drive shaft and an axial end surface defining a bearing race interface surface;
a hub having an inner surface rotationally coupled to the drive shaft and an axial end surface defining a hub interface surface,
wherein the hub interface surface is in contact with the bearing race interface surface to form an interlocking joint, the interlocking joint is configured to transfer rotational creep force of the bearing race about the rotational axis and relative to the drive shaft into an axial pressure force applied to the hub in a direction parallel with the rotational axis.