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US 12,492,737 B2Granted
Retaining mesh for an open socket joint
AssigneeThe Aerospace Corporation
InventorsPavel Babuska, Vinay K. Goyal
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Abstract
An open socket joint configured to prevent zinc creep includes a retaining mesh that sits on a lip of an outer shell casing of the open socket joint. The retaining mesh is configured to prevent zinc within the open socket joint to extrude.
Claims20
An open socket joint configured to prevent zinc creep, comprising:
- a rounded and curved lip on an outer shell casing of the open socket joint with a zinc casting inside of a conical volume of the open socket joint, wherein
- the open socket joint has a doubly curved socket geometry with the rounded and curved lip being a rounded wire-outlet-lip;
- and
- a retaining mesh comprising a plurality of holes configured to prevent zinc within the open socket joint to extrude, wherein
- the retaining mesh sits on the rounded and curved lip.
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An open socket joint configured to prevent zinc creep, comprising:
- a cavity configured to act as a termination point in stay cable wires for transferring loads between two adjacent structures;
- a rounded and curved lip on an outer shell casing of the open socket joint with a zinc casting inside of a conical volume of the open socket joint, wherein
- the open socket joint has a doubly curved socket geometry with the rounded and curved lip being a rounded wire-outlet-lip;
- and
- a retaining mesh comprising a plurality of holes configured to prevent zinc within the open socket joint to extrude, wherein
- the retaining mesh sits on the rounded and curved lip.
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An open socket joint configured to prevent zinc creep, comprising:
- a cavity configured to act as a termination point in stay cable wires for transferring loads between two adjacent structures;
- a rounded and curved lip on an outer shell casing of the open socket joint with a zinc casting inside of a conical volume of the open socket joint, wherein
- the open socket joint has a doubly curved socket geometry with the rounded and curved lip being a rounded wire-outlet-lip;
- and
- a retaining mesh comprising a plurality of holes configured to prevent zinc within the open socket joint to extrude, wherein
- the retaining mesh sits on the rounded and curved lip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.