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US 7,017,865 B2Granted
Methods for securing a tube to an engine housing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorScott R. Zearbaugh
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Abstract
The present invention is a unitary strap clamp for securing tubing to an aircraft engine housing. The clamp includes a first portion with a first thickness and a second portion extending from the first portion and with a second thickness. The clamp is rigid and remains flat when the tubing is secured to the aircraft engine housing. The clamp includes a plurality of apertures which receive threaded fasteners used to secure the tubing and the strap clamp to the aircraft engine housing.
Claims6
A method of securing a tube to an engine housing using a clamping assembly, said method comprising:
- securing a first strap clamp to the engine housing wherein the first strap clamp includes a unitary elongate body that has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion wherein the first portion is identical to the third portion and has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a thickness extending therebetween, and wherein the second portion extends between the first and third portions, and has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a substantially constant thickness extending therebetween that is greater that the thickness of the first and third portions, wherein the second portion lower surface is substantially co-planar with the first portion lower surface;
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- securing the tube to the first strap clamp with a second strap clamp, such that at least a portion of the tube is retained between the first and second clamps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.