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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Applicants:
Walter Ernest Ainslie, Ramona, CA (US);
David Ronald Adair, Escondido, CA (US);
Inventors:
Walter Ernest Ainslie, Ramona, CA (US);
David Ronald Adair, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/02 (2006.01); F16D 1/033 (2006.01); F16D 1/076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/033 (2013.01); F16D 1/076 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01); Y10T 403/64 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of aligning flanges on two components to align and transfer torque from one component to the other uses a plurality of scallop regions on the periphery of a flange on one component; and a plurality of raised regions on the periphery of a flange on the other component, the raised regions being sized and shaped to engage the scallop regions on the flange when axially aligned to transfer torque there between.