Composite tie rod
US7195417B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 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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