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US 11,440,145 B2Granted
Disk stack repair insert
AssigneeASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
InventorPhillip Edwin Gardner, II
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Abstract
Example aspects of a disk stack repair insert, a repaired disk stack, and a method for repairing a disk stack are disclosed. The disk stack repair insert can comprise a first replacement disk segment defining a first groove pattern comprising first grooves; and a second replacement disk segment defining a second groove pattern comprising second grooves, the first replacement disk segment coupled to the second replacement disk segment, wherein the first groove pattern and the second groove pattern define a fluid passageway therebetween.
Claims13
A repaired disk stack comprising:
- a disk stack comprising a plurality of original disks joined together in a stacked configuration, the disk stack defining an outer surface defining an outer width and an inner surface defining an inner width that is less than the outer width, a first fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent original disks, an insert opening formed laterally through the disk stack from the outer surface to the inner surface;
- and
- a disk stack repair insert positioned in the insert opening, the disk stack repair insert comprising a plurality of replacement disk segments, a second fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent replacement disk segments.
A repaired disk stack comprising:
- a disk stack comprising a plurality of original disks joined together in a stacked configuration, a first fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent original disks, an insert opening formed through the disk stack;
- and
- a disk stack repair insert positioned in the insert opening, the disk stack repair insert comprising a plurality of replacement disk segments, a second fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent replacement disk segments;
- wherein:
- a first one of the pair of adjacent replacement disk segments defines a first groove pattern;
- a second one of the pair of adjacent replacement disk segments defines a second groove pattern;
- and
- the first groove pattern confronts the second groove pattern to define the second fluid passageway.
5 more elements
A repaired disk stack comprising:
- a disk stack comprising a plurality of original disks joined together in a stacked configuration, a first fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent original disks, an insert opening formed through the disk stack;
- and
- a disk stack repair insert positioned in the insert opening, the disk stack repair insert comprising a plurality of replacement disk segments, a second fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent replacement disk segments;
- wherein:
- the disk stack comprises a pair of solid opposing boundary sidewalls that do not intersect the first fluid passageway;
- each of the replacement disk segments defines a pair of solid opposing edges that do not intersect the second fluid passageway;
- and
- each of the solid opposing edges of the of the replacement disk segments abuts a corresponding one of the solid opposing boundary sidewalls of the disk stack.
5 more elements
A repaired disk stack comprising:
- a disk stack comprising a plurality of original disks joined together in a stacked configuration, a first fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent original disks, an insert opening formed through the disk stack;
- and
- a disk stack repair insert positioned in the insert opening, the disk stack repair insert comprising a plurality of replacement disk segments, a second fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent replacement disk segments;
- wherein:
- each of the original disks defines an original disk bore;
- the original disk bores define an elongated disk stack inner bore through a center of the disk stack;
- a disk stack axis extends centrally through the disk stack inner bore;
- and
- the repaired disk stack further comprises a plug movably positioned within the disk stack inner bore.
6 more elements
A repaired disk stack comprising:
- a disk stack comprising a plurality of original disks joined together in a stacked configuration, a first fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent original disks, an insert opening formed through the disk stack;
- and
- a disk stack repair insert positioned in the insert opening, the disk stack repair insert comprising a plurality of replacement disk segments, a second fluid passageway formed between a pair of adjacent replacement disk segments;
- wherein:
- each of the original disks defines an original disk bore;
- the original disk bores define an elongated disk stack inner bore through a center of the disk stack;
- a disk stack axis extends centrally through the disk stack inner bore;
- an inner insert surface of the disk stack repair insert extends radially inward from an inner surface of the disk stack;
- and
- an outer insert surface of the disk stack repair insert extends radially outward from an outer surface of the disk stack.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.