Raytheon Company

Joseph A Mirabile

Paul A Danello

Anthony Carrara

A symmetric wedgelock system includes a compression device having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of segments arranged along the compression device including at least one drive segment at each end and at least one working segment in between each working segment including at least two sections having diverging sides forming a concave wedge facing an associated drive segment; each drive segment having converging sides forming a convex wedge facing an associated working segment; the compression device includes an adjustment device for applying a compressive force along the longitudinal axis to drive the convex wedges of the drive segment into the concave wedges of the working segment to drive apart laterally the sections of the working segment.

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Medford, MA, United States of America

Joseph A Mirabile