Engine mount bearing sleeve repair
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorAndrew R. Gratton
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Abstract
Bearing bores for engine mount components must be periodically repaired. A component is disassembled and a bearing is removed from the bearing bore. An inner surface of the bearing bore is machined to remove any damage. A sizing sleeve is selected to have a press fit with the machined inner surface of the bearing bore and with the outer surface of a new bearing. The bearing is press fit into the sizing sleeve and the sizing sleeve is press fit into the bearing bore. The outer surfaces of the sizing sleeve and the bearing are swaged to assist in retaining and preventing relative movement between the bearing, sizing sleeve and engine mount component.
Claims3
An engine mount for an aircraft engine comprising:
- a mount portion having an inner bore defining a bearing bore, an inner diameter of said inner bore being machined at a maintenance step to be larger than an initial size;
- a sizing sleeve force fit into said inner bore, said sizing sleeve having an outer diameter that is selected based upon the inner diameter of said inner bore;
- a bearing force fit into an inner bore of said sizing sleeve, said bearing having an outer diameter to be slightly larger than an inner diameter of said inner bore in said sizing sleeve;
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- said bearing and said sizing sleeve being secured to said bearing bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.