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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Thomas Tracy Wallace, Maineville, OH (US);
Nelson Dirk Gibbens, Mason, OH (US);
Martin Joseph Pierce, Milford, OH (US);
Cornelius H. Dykhuizen, Westchester, OH (US);
Thomas Tracy Wallace, Maineville, OH (US);
Nelson Dirk Gibbens, Mason, OH (US);
Martin Joseph Pierce, Milford, OH (US);
Cornelius H. Dykhuizen, Westchester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method enables a thrust link including a clevis to be coupled to a mounting lug including a spherical bearing. The method comprises positioning the spherical bearing within the thrust link clevis, and coupling the thrust link to the mounting lug by inserting a fastener through the clevis such that the fastener extends from one side of the clevis through the spherical bearing to the other side of the clevis, and such that fuse element included with at least one of the fastener and the clevis is positioned within a structural load path defined between the clevis and the thrust link, wherein the fuse element is configured to fail when subjected to a predetermined load.