Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Horizontal engine build stand
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Application No.: US14883682Application Date: 2015-10-15
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Publication No.: US10221724B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Gabrielle Murphy , Robert M Lewis , Gregory E Reinhardt
- Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: B23P19/04
- IPC: B23P19/04 ; F01D25/28 ; F02C7/20 ; B64F5/50 ; B25H1/00 ; F01D25/16 ; F01D25/24 ; F04D29/52

Abstract:
A horizontal support tool for an engine build stand, the horizontal support tool includes a support tube along an axis and a tie shaft between a handle and a puck assembly, said puck assembly including a puck selectively extendable and retractable transverse to the axis in response to rotation of the handle. A method of horizontally assembling a portion of a gas turbine engine including mounting a first module to an engine build stand; installing a horizontal support tool into the first module, the horizontal support tool supported in a spherical bearing supported by the engine build stand; and installing a second module to the first module, the horizontal support tool operable to at least partially support second module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170107858A1 HORIZONTAL ENGINE BUILD STAND Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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