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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Victor Barger, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Joseph M. Bielefeldt, Rockford, IL (US);
Jude C. Lai, Rockford, IL (US);
Eric W. Karlen, Rockford, IL (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An assembly and a method for manufacturing an assembly for transmitting torque to an aircraft actuator. The assembly and method include a torque tube having a longitudinal axis and an end fitting. The ending fitting includes a connector portion and an engagement portion that is inserted into the torque tube. The engagement portion includes a first end adjacent the connector portion, a second end opposite the first end, and a coupling region between the first and second end that includes an outer coupling surface having an outer diameter and a continuous groove formed thereon. The continuous groove includes two axial grooves that extend along the outer coupling surface along the longitudinal axis and a first parallel groove that extends circumferentially about the longitudinal axis along the outer coupling surface that joins the two axial grooves.