US 11,982,401 B2
Adjustable levelling pad having a protection cap
Rene Vermeulen, Spijkenisse (NL); and Abraham Hendrik Hooghart, Ridderkerk (NL)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,264.
Claims priority of application No. 102021102117.0 (DE), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243862 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16M 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 7/00 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. An adjustable levelling pad comprising:
a first component provided with first screw threads;
a second component provided with second screw threads cooperating with the first screw threads of the first component;
a bearing element having a bearing surface cooperating with the first component;
a protection cap fastened to the first component and extending towards the second component, the protection cap at least partially surrounding the second component and being configured to cooperate in a sealing manner with the second component; and
a mechanical limiter fastened to an outer circumference of the first component and configured to abut axially against a shoulder on an inner wall of the second component when the first component is unscrewed from the second component,
wherein the first component has a first maximum width, and
wherein the second component has a second maximum width greater than the first maximum width.