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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Dawson, Boxford, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 2/726 ; F16C 1/100 ; F16D 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 2/726 ; F16C 1/100 ; F16D 1/12 ;
Abstract
A clevis pin joins a thrust link to a support in an aircraft engine thrust mount. The pin includes a shank having a semicircular section for carrying in shear thrust load between the link and support. A head is disposed at one end of the shank, and a tip is disposed at an opposite end of the shank. In a preferred embodiment, a pair of the pins are nested together for collectively effecting a circular cross sectional area for carrying the thrust load in shear therethrough.