MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072165 A) filed by Punch Powertrain E-Vehicles NV, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, on July 29, for 'a retaining element for fastening elements or installations onto a shaft.'
Inventor(s) include Van Der Vecht, Jan Willem.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure envisages a retaining element (100) or an external circlip. The retaining element (100) comprises two concentric rings, viz. an inner split ring (110) and outer circumferential ring (120) connected to each other at a bridge (115). The outer circumferential ring (120) includes at least one seat (125) portion defined on the radially inner side. Each of the seat (125) is configured to restrict the radial expansion of the inner split ring (110). The advantage of using the retaining element (100) is that there is no need of a separate component to prevent the expansion of the free ends (112) of the inner ring (110) beyond a predefined limit. The risk of loosening of the bearing or any other component fastened onto a shaft is eliminated."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 29, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/088018.
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