Patent · US Expired

Air cycle machine alignment

US5142762A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 22, 1990
Grant dateSep 1, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/55
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

During assembly, individual segments (10, 12, 14) comprising a housing (18) designed to encase and support a rotating assembly are positioned on a fixture (16) and releasably joined. The fixture (16) is adapted to engage the annular volumes (20, 22, 24, 26) that locate the radial support means chosen to support the rotating assembly.

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