Assembly of two bodies having distinctly different coefficients of expansion
US4907743A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05D2230/642
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Two coaxial bodies of revolution made of materials having distinctly different expansion coefficients are joined together to form an assembly by fixing means comprising at least three resilient brackets of trapezoidal shape, the larger end of each bracket having a flanged edge secured at at least two points by hollow rivets to a metal ring and by bolts extending through the rivets to the body with the higher expansion coefficient, and the smaller end of each bracket being secured by at least one bolt to the body with the lower expansion coefficient in a manner which imposes a cold prestress on the bracket.
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