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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2022
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Johnny Vinski, Châteauguay, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A socket assembly for rotating a nut, the nut having an annular body with a radially inner edge defining a torque transferring surface, the socket assembly has: an intermediate socket extending axially relative to a central axis between a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the intermediate socket engageable by a tool for rotating the intermediate socket about the central axis; and socket segments detachably connected to the intermediate socket in a circumferential array about the central axis, a socket segment of the socket segments having a nut-engaging end projecting radially outwardly relative to the distal end of the intermediate socket and engageable with the torque transferring surface of the nut to transfer a torque from the intermediate socket to the nut via the socket segments.