Justin Nathaniel White

US Patent:

20190353288, Nov 21, 2019

Filed:

Dec 15, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/472005

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Justin Anthony White - Milford OH, US

International Classification:

F16L 27/08
B23Q 11/10
F16C 33/76
F16C 33/78

Abstract:

A device for transferring a pressurized fluid from a stationary source into a rotating spindle shaft includes a stationary housing including an internal socket having a socket wall and a rotatable shaft extending into the socket. The shaft includes an outer surface and a shaft bore having inlet and outlet ends. The device includes a washer positioned over the shaft and including a first flat side surface and a second side surface having at least a portion angled with respect to the first flat side surface in operative contact with the socket wall. The device includes a bushing positioned over the shaft and including a bore having an inner surface spaced apart from the outer surface of the shaft by a gap. The bushing includes a first end surface proximate the inlet end and a second end surface in operative contact with the first flat side surface of the washer.