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US 2010/0266361 A1Published application
High Temperature Thread Locking Compound
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsMichael D. Greenberg, James R. Kennedy, Mark D. Gossner, Nathan A. Shirk
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Abstract
An assembly includes a threaded hole, a threaded fastener, and a locking compound. The threaded fastener is positioned in the threaded hole with a portion of fastener threads mated with a corresponding portion of hole threads. The locking compound is between the mated fastener threads and hole threads. The locking compound includes an aluminum pigmented compound suspended in a water-based inorganic binder.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a threaded hole having hole threads;
- a threaded fastener having fastener threads positioned in the threaded hole, wherein a portion of the fastener threads is mated with a corresponding portion of the hole threads;
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- a locking compound between the fastener threads and the hole threads, wherein the locking compound comprises an aluminum pigmented compound suspended in a water-based inorganic binder, and wherein the locking compound is between at least 5% of the portion of the fastener threads that is mated with the corresponding portion of the hole threads.
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A method for securing a threaded fastener in a threaded hole, the method comprising:
- applying a locking compound on threads of either the threaded fastener or the threaded hole, wherein the locking compound comprises an aluminum pigmented compound suspended in a water-based inorganic binder;
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- threading the threaded fastener into the threaded hole after applying the locking compound on the threads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.