Wheel assembly with torque bar bracket ribs

A wheel assembly, comprising:

• a wheel including an inner wheel half;
• a torque bar coupled to an outboard end of the inner wheel half and coupled axially to an inboard end of the inner wheel half;
• a retainer assembly disposed between the torque bar and the inner wheel half, the retainer assembly comprising:
• a retainer main body having a body portion, a first mounting flange coupled to the inner wheel half at the outboard end, a second mounting flange coupled to the inner wheel half at the inboard end, the body portion extending axially from the first mounting flange to the second mounting flange, a first rib extending axially from the second mounting flange towards the first mounting flange and orthogonally from a first circumferential side of the body portion, and a second rib extending axially from the second mounting flange towards the first mounting flange and orthogonally from a second circumferential side of the body portion;
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• a retainer sleeve coupled to the retainer main body, the retainer sleeve having a first axial slot and a second axial slot, the first rib disposed in the first axial slot, the second rib disposed in the second axial slot.

A system for retaining adjacent heat shield segments, the system comprising:

• an inner wheel half;
• a first heat shield segment disposed radially inward from the inner wheel half;
• a second heat shield segment disposed radially inward form the inner wheel half;
• a retainer assembly disposed circumferentially between the first heat shield segment and the second heat shield segment, the retainer assembly, comprising:
• a retainer main body including:
• a first mounting flange coupled to the inner wheel half proximate an outboard end of the inner wheel half;
• a second mounting flange coupled axially to the inner wheel half proximate an inboard end of the inner wheel half;
• a body portion extending from the first mounting flange to the second mounting flange;
• a first rib extending axially from the second mounting flange towards the first mounting flange and orthogonally from the body portion proximate the first heat shield segment;
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• a second rib extending axially from the second mounting flange towards the first mounting flange and orthogonally from the body portion proximate the second heat shield segment;
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• a retainer sleeve having a flat plate disposed radially inward of the body portion, the flat plate including a first slot with a portion of the first rib disposed therein and a second slot with a portion of the second rib disposed therein.