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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Fredérick Cavallere, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR;
Maurice Guitton, Nova Scotia, CA;
Olivier Blanc, Rosemere, CA;
Claude Baril, Laval, CA;
Fredérick Cavallere, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR;
Maurice Guitton, Nova Scotia, CA;
Olivier Blanc, Rosemere, CA;
Claude Baril, Laval, CA;
European Aeronautic Defence and Square Company EADS France, Paris, FR;
Composite Atlantic Limited, Nova Scotia, CA;
Abstract
A connecting rod is composed of two or more assembled shells made of a composite, open over the entire length of the connecting rod. The shells incorporate clevis joints for introducing stress at each of their ends. The shells are produced separately then assembled together to form a sealed section. Each shell is made from a material preimpregnated with long fibres. The production of each shell is simplified due to the overall shape of the shell as a simple curve, thus a shell may be produced industrially, for example, by thermoforming a flat composite preform. The two shells are assembled by simultaneous polymerization of the shells, by bonding, by welding, by riveting or any other assembly process or combination of assembly processes that are compatible with one another. The structural composite connecting rod obtained has very good mechanical properties, especially in compression, with a simple and economic production process.