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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Lee Herron, Greer, SC (US);
Srihari Balasubramanian, Guilderland, NY (US);
Horst Gunther DeLorenzi, Scotia, NY (US);
Suryaprakash Ganti, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 3/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 3/706 ;
Abstract
A rotor tie bolt nut includes a nut body having a threaded center hole therein; a first peripheral surface on one side of the center hole that spans the center hole and extends in opposite directions to define a pair of wing sections; and a pair of buttress sections supporting the wing sections; the buttress sections having second and third peripheral surfaces connected to opposite ends, respectively, of the first peripheral surface, and to each other by a radiused surface on an opposite side of the center hole.