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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Francis P. Marocchini, Somers, CT (US);
Glenn Gradischer, Canton, CT (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A combination shaft including a first shaft including an axial protrusion including a first circumferential surface defining a first outer diameter and a second circumferential surface defining a second outer diameter, and a second shaft having a cavity therein configured to receive at least a portion of the first shaft and being configured to drive an air valve, having internal threads, and defining at least a first inner radial surface having a first inner diameter and a second inner radial surface having second inner diameter, the internal threads being engagable with the external threads to prevent axial movement between the first shaft and the second shaft and the first inner radial surface being engagable with the first outer radial surface and the second inner radial surface being engagable with the second outer radial surface to provide radial centering of the first shaft to the second shaft.