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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 26/14 (2006.01); F16D 1/104 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/104 (2013.01); B21D 26/14 (2013.01); F16D 48/064 (2013.01); B23P 15/00 (2013.01); F16D 2500/5116 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49803 (2015.01);
Abstract
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising a first end fitting. The first end fitting comprises a tube engagement portion. The tube engagement portion comprises an outer coupling surface. The outer coupling surface comprises a first virtual cross-section. The first virtual cross-section comprises a first transverse inflection point. Each point along the first virtual cross-section has a first virtual tangent line coplanar with the first virtual cross-section.