Fibre reinforced plastic connecting rod
US4905540A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2162
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A connecting rod has a rod member formed from fiber reinforced plastic material secured to a cap member to define the big end of the connecting rod. Securement is by a metal member rigidly attached to the rod member, to which the cap member is secured. Attachment of the rod member and the metal member is via a locally transversely expanded end portion of the rod member enclosed within a similarly shaped (e.g. wedge shaped) cavity in the metal member such that the expanded end portion cannot be withdrawn axially of the rod member from the cavity.
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