Wheel flange retaining ring
AssigneeGoodyear Aerospace Corporation
InventorRobert J. French
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Abstract
A wheel flange retaining ring provided about the circumference of an aircraft wheel to maintain a removable flange thereabout. The invention includes a metallic band having a bulb received within a circumferential groove formed within the wheel frame. The band makes contacting engagement with a surface machined into the flange. The band is caused to form a completed ring maintained within the circumferential groove by a clip having a bent-tab section which makes secured engagement with tongues provided at each end of the band.
Claims6
An improvement in an aircraft wheel assembly, comprising:
- a wheel frame having a circumferential groove passing thereabout;
- a flange maintained about said frame;
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- a continuous ring assembly received by said frame and interpositioned between said flange and frame, said ring assembly including a band having a bulb received within said circumferential groove and first and second ends held together by a clip, said band having a tongue at each said end and including slots therein in juxtaposition to said tongues, said clip being received within said slots and having a bent-tab section in secured engagement with said tongues.
A wheel flange retainer comprising:
- a band having an enlarged bulb depending therefrom for making engagement with the frame of a wheel, said band having two ends;
- a clip including a spring biased bent-tab;
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- a tongue formed at each end of said band, each said tongue having a lip thereon for making securing engagement with said spring biased bent-tab for securing said ends in fixed relationship to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.