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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/08 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/0876 (2013.01); F16C 3/02 (2013.01); F16D 2250/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Woodruff key system includes a rotatable shaft having a keyseat defined therein. The keyseat includes a pocket engaged with the Woodruff key, a first keyseat extension extending in a first axial direction from the Woodruff key relative to the shaft, and a second keyseat extension extending in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction from the Woodruff key relative to the shaft. Respective depths of the first and second keyseat extensions are less than a depth of the pocket of the keyseat.