Balancing weight for a rotating shaft
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorWilliam Bogen
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Abstract
A method of attaching a balance weight to a rotating shaft includes providing a balancing weight which is adapted to be attached to the rotating shaft, wherein the balancing weight comprises a plate with an inner surface and an outer surface, and the plate is curved such that the inner surface has a profile which matches the outer surface of the rotating shaft and the plate includes a plurality of orifices extending through the plate, each of said orifices having an inner wall defining a support surface. An adhesive is applied to the rotating shaft, and the balancing weight is placed onto the rotating shaft with the adhesive located between the balancing weight and the rotating shaft. The adhesive is then cured to form a secure attachment of the balancing weight to the rotating shaft.
Claims16
A method of attaching a balance weight to a rotating shaft including;
- providing a balancing weight which is adapted to be attached to the rotating shaft, wherein the balancing weight comprises a plate with an inner surface and an outer surface, and the plate includes a plurality of orifices extending through the plate, each of said orifices having an inner wall defining a support surface;
- providing an adhesive adapted to secure the balancing weight onto said rotating shaft;
- applying the adhesive to the rotating shaft;
- placing the balancing weight onto the rotating shaft with the adhesive located between the balancing weight and the rotating shaft;
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- curing the adhesive to form a secure attachment of the balancing weight to the rotating shaft.
A balancing weight for a rotating shaft comprising:
- a plate with an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said plate is curved such that said inner surface has a profile which matches an outer surface of the rotating shaft;
- said plate including a plurality of orifices extending through the plate, each of said orifices having an inner wall defining a support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.