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US 9,850,968 B2Granted
Torque bar and methods for making
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsJohn Swank, Todd Rook
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Abstract
A torque bar manufactured by an additive manufacturing process is provided. The torque bar may include a torque bar body made of more than one metallic material. The torque bar may also include a geometry that comprises one or more voids and one or more webs, as well as a varied geometry in the direction of a longitudinal axis. The torque bars can exhibit characteristics, such as vibration damping, tuned stiffness, and tuned bending resistance in order to enhance dynamic stability.
Claims10
A torque bar for a wheel and brake assembly, the torque bar comprising:
- a torque bar body having a first rail and a second rail, the first rail parallel to the second rail, the first rail and the second rail joined by a first cross member and a second cross member, wherein the first cross member and the second cross member form a web defining:
- a first void bounded by the first cross member and the second cross member, the first void extending completely through the torque bar body between the first rail and the second rail;
- a second void bounded by the first rail, the first cross member and the second cross member, the second void extending completely through the torque bar body;
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- a third void bounded by the second rail, the first cross member and the second cross member, the third void extending completely through the torque bar body;
- a mounting hole located in the torque bar body;
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- a pin extending longitudinally from the torque bar body;
- the pin configured to couple to a wheel of the wheel and brake assembly;
- wherein the torque bar body comprises a first perpendicular cross sectional profile that is different from a second perpendicular cross sectional profile, wherein the first perpendicular cross sectional profile includes the first void and the second perpendicular cross sectional profile includes the second void and the third void;
- and wherein the first cross member is diagonally oriented with respect to the first rail and the second rail, and wherein the second cross member is diagonally oriented with respect to the first rail and the second rail.
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