Method of connecting a skirt to a thruster body casing
US10576671B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05D2300/603
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The terminal portion of a prefabricated skirt is connected to a casing of a thruster body in the vicinity of an end wall thereof using a method including positioning the terminal portion of the skirt with circumferential clearance around the casing of the thruster body in the vicinity of the end wall; keeping the skirt in position relative to the casing of the thruster body; closing both ends of an annular space between the terminal portion of the skirt and the casing of the thruster body; injecting elastomer into the annular space; and curing the elastomer.
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