System for reducing band clamp failure
AssigneeInternational Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsJohn A Williams, Navtej Singh, Brandon Joseph Mueller
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Abstract
A system and a method for reducing band clamp failure on a multi-piece canister having an at least one first section coupled to an at least one second section by a band clamp, the system and method comprising a band clamp cover, wherein the band clamp cover comprises a cover first section and a cover second section, the cover first section is coupled to the cover second section at a first end by a hinge, the cover first section is coupled to the cover second section at a second end by removable fastener, the band clamp cover having a shape of the multi-piece cannister, wherein the band clamp cover has a channel that encompasses the band clamp.
Claims5
A system for reducing band clamp failure on a multi-piece cannister having a cannister shape, wherein the multi-piece cannister comprises an at least one first section coupled to an at least one second section by a respective first band clamp, the system comprising:
- a band clamp cover, the band clamp cover comprising a cover first section and a cover second section;
- the cover first section coupled to the cover second section at a first end of the band clamp cover by a hinge;
- the cover first section coupled to the cover second section at a second end of the band clamp cover by a removable fastener;
- the band clamp cover having a cover shape, wherein the band clamp cover has a first channel that encompasses the first band clamp.
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