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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2011
Applicants:

Eric C. Mundell, South Berwick, ME (US);

Todd M. Lapierre, Middleton, NH (US);

Marc J. Muldoon, Marlborough, CT (US);

Stephen J. Lyle, Avon, CT (US);

Inventors:

Eric C. Mundell, South Berwick, ME (US);

Todd M. LaPierre, Middleton, NH (US);

Marc J. Muldoon, Marlborough, CT (US);

Stephen J. Lyle, Avon, CT (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/025 (2013.01); F01D 5/066 (2013.01); F05D 2260/941 (2013.01); F05D 2260/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

A shaft assembly for a gas turbine engine that includes a shaft with a threaded shaft segment, an annular rotor disposed on the shaft, and annular stack nut. The stack nut includes a base nut segment and a clamping nut segment. The base nut segment includes a threaded nut bore that is mated with the threaded shaft segment. The clamping nut segment axially extends from the base nut segment to a load bearing surface. The clamping nut segment includes a radial thickness that decreases as the clamping nut segment extends from the load bearing surface towards the base nut segment. The load bearing surface exerts a force against the rotor securing the rotor to the shaft.


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