Bracket
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsJaideep Y. Thar, Oliver C. Taylor-Tibbott, Andrea L. Ball
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Abstract
A bracket for mounting a first component to a second component, the bracket comprising at least one mounting boss defining a through-hole having an opening axis in axial direction for receiving a fixing used to attach the bracket to one of the first and second components; wherein the mounting boss comprises a fixing support face around the through-hole on a surface of the bracket, the fixing support face configured to bear a head of the fixing; the mounting boss is configured to resist compressive forces exerted on the bracket by the head of the fixing; and the mounting boss comprises a cavity in a space projected from the fixing support face in the axial direction of the through-hole.
Claims19
A bracket for mounting a first component to a second component on a gas turbine engine, the bracket comprising at least one mounting boss defining a hole having an opening axis in an axial direction for receiving a fixing used to attach the bracket to one of the first and second components;
- wherein the mounting boss comprises a fixing support face around the hole on a surface of the bracket, the fixing support face configured to bear a head of the fixing;
- the mounting boss is configured to resist compressive forces exerted on the bracket by the head of the fixing;
- and
- the mounting boss comprises a cavity in a space projected from the fixing support face in the axial direction of the hole and away from the head of the fixing towards whichever of the first or second component into which the fixing projects, such that a region surrounding the hole in the mounting boss is not formed from a solid section of material,
- wherein the cavity comprises at least one rib, extending from a surface of the cavity towards the opening axis of the hole,
- wherein the at least one rib extends to and supports the fixing support face.
A bracket for mounting a first component to a second component on a gas turbine engine, the bracket comprising at least one mounting boss defining a hole having an opening axis in an axial direction for receiving a fixing used to attach the bracket to one of the first and second components;
- wherein the mounting boss comprises a fixing support face around the hole on a surface of the bracket, the fixing support face configured to bear a head of the fixing;
- the mounting boss is configured to resist compressive forces exerted on the bracket by the head of the fixing;
- and
- the mounting boss comprises a cavity in a space projected from the fixing support face in the axial direction of the hole and away from the head of the fixing towards whichever of the first or second component into which the fixing projects, such that a region surrounding the hole in the mounting boss is not formed from a solid section of material,
- the bracket further comprising at least one opening through an outer radial wall of the cavity to an external surface of the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.