Pressure retaining cap with manual interface for rotation
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsMatthew Daniel Koehler, Nicholas Craig
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Abstract
A system includes a cap configured to attach to a first end of a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly, the cap configured to seal a pneumatic chamber in a pneumatic mode and configured to allow access to the pneumatic chamber in a manual mode for manual rotation of a decoupling shaft. A method for manual rotation of a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly includes removing a bolt from a cap that seals a pneumatic chamber of the pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly and rotating the cap about a longitudinal axis of a decoupling shaft to rotate the decoupling shaft, camming one or more locking pistons out of one or more grooves in the decoupling shaft.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a pneumatic chamber;
- and
- a decoupling shaft received within the pneumatic chamber;
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- a cap attached to a first end of the decoupling shaft, wherein the cap attaches to the housing to seal the pneumatic chamber and rotatably couple the cap and the decoupling shaft to the housing in a pneumatic mode and detaches from the housing to allow access to the pneumatic chamber and rotatably uncouple the cap to the housing in a manual mode for manual rotation of the decoupling shaft using the cap.
A system, comprising:
- a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a pneumatic chamber;
- a decoupling shaft engaged in the housing for axial movement relative to the housing along a longitudinal axis of the decoupling shaft back and forth between a first position for coupling and a second position for decoupling, wherein the decoupling shaft is engaged in the housing for rotational movement relative to the housing about the longitudinal axis;
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- a first locking piston engaged to the housing and operatively connected to a first compartment of the pneumatic chamber of the housing, wherein the first locking piston is biased radially inward to engage a first groove in the decoupling shaft to lock the decoupling shaft in the second position;
- a second locking piston engaged to the housing and operatively connected to a second compartment of the pneumatic chamber, wherein the second locking piston is biased radially inward to engage a second groove in the decoupling shaft to lock the decoupling shaft in the first position;
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- a cap attached to a first end of the decoupling shaft, wherein the cap attaches to the housing to seal the pneumatic chamber and rotatably couple the cap and the decoupling shaft to the housing in a pneumatic mode and detaches from the housing to allow access to the pneumatic chamber and rotatably uncouple the cap to the housing in a manual mode for manual rotation of the decoupling shaft using the cap.
A method for manual rotation of a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly, comprising:
- removing a bolt from a cap that seals a pneumatic chamber of the pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly;
- and
- rotating the cap about a longitudinal axis of a decoupling shaft to rotate the decoupling shaft, camming on ore more locking pistons out of one or more grooves in the decoupling shaft.
The method of 17, further including removing the cap an anti-rotation pin operatively associated with the cap to allow for axial movement of the decoupling shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.