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US 2011/0308345 A1Published application
Interface with mount features for precise alignment
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsJeffrey M. Makulec, Jeffrey A. Stadler
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Abstract
A connection for a rotating machine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes an interface axially between and adjacent to a first interference fit and a second interference fit.
Claims17
A connection for a rotating machine comprising:
- a first interference fit;
- a second interference fit;
- and
- an interface axially between and adjacent to said first interference fit and said second interference fit.
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A gear comprising:
- a gear inboard pilot diameter;
- a gear outboard pilot diameter;
- a spline minor diameter axially between and adjacent to said gear inboard pilot diameter and said gear outboard pilot diameter.
A turbine rotor shaft comprising:
- a turbine rotor shaft inboard pilot diameter;
- a turbine rotor shaft outboard pilot diameter;
- a spline major diameter axially between and adjacent to said turbine rotor shaft inboard pilot diameter and said turbine rotor shaft outboard pilot diameter.
An air turbine starter comprising:
- a turbine rotor shaft;
- a gear mounted to said turbine rotor shaft, said turbine rotor and said gear defines
- a connection comprising:
- a first interference fit;
- a second interference fit;
- and
- an interface axially between and adjacent to said first interference fit and said second interference fit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.