Alignment tool
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMark E. Neubauer
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a tubular or cylindrical body including a shaft, a shoulder, and a neck, the shaft coupled to the shoulder, the shoulder coupled to the neck, the shoulder having a greater diameter than respective diameters of the shaft and the neck. The example apparatus includes a plug coupled to the shoulder at a first plug edge and coupled to a first fastener at a second plug edge, the first fastener including a hole. The example apparatus includes a second fastener coupled to the first fastener, the second fastener extending through the tubular body, the plug, and the first fastener.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a tubular body including a shaft, a shoulder, and a neck, the shaft coupled to the shoulder, the shoulder coupled to the neck, the shoulder having a greater diameter than respective diameters of the shaft and the neck;
- a plug coupled to the shoulder at a first plug edge and coupled to a first fastener at a second plug edge, the first fastener including a hole;
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- a second fastener coupled to the first fastener, the second fastener extending through the tubular body, the plug, and the first fastener.
An alignment apparatus for a motor-driven propeller comprising:
- a motor tool coupled to a motor of the motor-driven propeller, the motor tool extending from the motor to facilitate an alignment of the motor-driven propeller;
- a gearbox tool coupled to a gearbox of the motor-driven propeller and extending from the gearbox to facilitate the alignment;
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- at least one of the gearbox tool or the motor tool including:
- a tubular body including a shaft, a shoulder, and a neck, the shaft coupled to the shoulder, the shoulder coupled to the neck;
- a plug coupled to the shoulder at a first plug edge and coupled to a first fastener at a second plug edge, the first fastener including a hole;
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- a second fastener extending through the tubular body, the plug, and the first fastener.
A method comprising:
- inserting a gearbox alignment tool into a gearbox;
- tightening a first fastener of the gearbox alignment tool;
- inserting a motor alignment tool into a motor;
- tightening a second fastener of the motor alignment tool;
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- aligning the motor and the gearbox based on the motor alignment tool and gearbox alignment tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.