Rolls-Royce Corporation

Caroline McLachlan

Sivasubramaniam K Sathianathan

Ian Graham Martindale

Stephen John Booth

Duncan Auterson

David S Yazdani

Peter E Farrington

A joint assembly for limiting an extension of the joint in the direction of a load path derived from an impact comprising a first member having a portion and a second member having a portion, the portions overlapping one another and arranged generally parallel to one another and secured together via securing means disposed through corresponding holes defined therein. One of the overlapping portions further defines, sequentially in the direction of extension, a shear neck, a pocket and a catcher portion. In the event of a worst-case impact load the securing means shears through the shear neck and the pocket and is arrested by the catcher portion, thereby the extension of the joint assembly is limited and the joint assembly remains integral.

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Derby, United Kingdom

Caroline McLachlan