F01D 5/066
Connecting means for joining rotor-discs or rotor-elements together
Official title: {Connecting means for joining rotor-discs or rotor-elements together, e.g. by a central bolt, by clamps}
F01D5/066 (Connecting means for joining rotor-discs or rotor-elements together) appears on 461 US grants and 459 published applications in this corpus.
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