Apparatuses and methods for removing a component
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorKousha Emami
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for removing a component from a device, where the component includes a cylindrical portion and a shoulder adjacent the cylindrical portion. The apparatus includes a base, a puller and a shaft. The base includes a first mount, a second mount and a bridge extending between and connected to the first mount and the second mount. The first mount and the second mount are each configured to engage with the device. The puller includes a forked flange configured to abut against the shoulder of the component when the cylindrical portion of the component is within a channel of the forked flange. The shaft includes a threaded portion mated with a threaded aperture in the bridge. A distal end portion of the shaft is rotatably connected to the puller.
Claims17
A method for removing a component from a device, comprising:
- engaging a first mount with the device;
- engaging a second mount with the device, wherein a bridge extends between and is connected to the first mount and the second mount;
- mating a forked flange of a puller with the component such that the forked flange is axially, relative to an axis, abutted against a shoulder of the component and a cylindrical portion of the component is within a channel of the forked flange;
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- pulling the component axially, relative to the axis, away from the device by rotating a shaft about the axis, wherein a threaded portion of the shaft is mated with a threaded aperture in the bridge, and a distal end portion of the shaft is rotatably connected to the puller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.