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US 2015/0308526 A1Published application
Torque bar and methods for making
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsJOHN SWANK, TODD ROOK
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Abstract
A torque bar manufactured by an additive manufacturing process is provided. The torque bar may include a torque bar body made of more than one metallic material. The torque bar may also include a geometry that comprises one or more voids and one or more webs, as well as a varied geometry in the direction of a longitudinal axis. Torque bars of the present disclosure can exhibit improved characteristics, such as improved vibration damping, tuned stiffness, and tuned bending resistance in order to enhance dynamic stability.
Claims15
A torque bar comprising:
- a torque bar body having a first rail and a second rail, the first rail parallel to the second rail, the first rail and the second rail joined by a cross member;
- a void bounded by the first rail, the second rail, and the cross member;
- a mounting hole located in the torque bar body;
- and
- a pin located in the torque bar body.
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A method, comprising:
- defining a torque bar design having a first rail parallel to a second rail, the first rail and the second rail joined by a cross member, a void bounded by the first rail, the second rail, and the cross member, a mounting hole, and a coupling device;
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- manufacturing a torque bar based on the torque bar design.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.