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US 10,030,811 B2Granted
Systems and methods for attaching a device to a rotating shaft
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKurt Kramer Schleif, Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Michael Davis Jacobs, Nathan Lee Brown, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Paul Walter Dausacker
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Abstract
A system for attaching a device to a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system may include a rotating shaft, a telemetry transmitter positioned about the rotating shaft, and a housing positioned about the telemetry transmitter. The telemetry transmitter may be trapped by the housing. The system also may include a connector configured to connect the housing to the rotating shaft.
Claims6
A system for attaching a device to a shaft, the system comprising:
- a rotating shaft;
- a telemetry transmitter positioned about the rotating shaft;
- a housing comprising a base member and a cap member positioned around the telemetry transmitter, wherein the telemetry transmitter is trapped within the housing between the base member and the cap member;
- and
- a connector configured to connect the housing to the rotating shaft, wherein the connector comprises
- a dovetail attached to the base member, and
- a dovetail slot disposed within the rotating shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.