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Composite tie rod

US7195417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 2004
Grant dateMar 27, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/75
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite tie rod comprises a plurality of coated fiber bundles stretched between two nut assemblies. Fiber holders, in combination with the nut assemblies, hold the fiber bundles in tension to provide a compressive force for maintaining component placements along the entire axial length of a turbomachinery rotor.

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