Redundant clevis pin pair
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJohn Dawson
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Abstract
A clevis pin joins a thrust link to a support in an aircraft engine thrust mount. The pin includes a shank having a semicircular section for carrying in shear thrust load between the link and support. A head is disposed at one end of the shank, and a tip is disposed at an opposite end of the shank. In a preferred embodiment, a pair of the pins are nested together for collectively effecting a circular cross sectional area for carrying the thrust load in shear therethrough.
Claims27
An aircraft engine thrust mount clevis pin for joining a clevis on a thrust link to a tongue on a support in an aircraft engine thrust mount comprising:
- a shank having a uniform semicircular section sized in length to extend through said clevis and tongue disposed therein for carrying in shear thrust load between said thrust link and support;
- a head integrally joined to one end of said shank for being disposed outside said clevis;
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- a tip integrally joined to an opposite end of said shank for being disposed outside said clevis.
An aircraft engine thrust mount clevis pin comprising:
- a shank having a uniform semicircular section, with a flat extending the full axial length and width thereof;
- an annular head integrally joined to one end of said shank;
- and
- an annular tip integrally joined to an opposite end of said shank.
An aircraft engine thrust mount comprising:
- a support for being fixedly mounted to an aircraft engine, and including a tongue;
- a thrust link having a clevis integrally formed at one end thereof, and receiving said support tongue therein;
- a pair of adjoining clevis pins extending through said clevis and tongue for carrying thrust load therebetween, and each of said clevis pins includes:
- a shank having a semicircular section for carrying in shear therethrough thrust load between said thrust link and support;
- a head integrally joined to one end of said shank;
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- a tip integrally joined to an opposite end of said shank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.