Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spoke locking architecture
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Application No.: US15206590Application Date: 2016-07-11
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Publication No.: US10247035B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Guy Lefebvre , John Pietrobon
- Applicant: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil, Quebec
- Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Current Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil, Quebec
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: F01D25/16
- IPC: F01D25/16 ; F16B39/10

Abstract:
A spoke locking arrangement comprising a washer seated in a seat defined in a structural ring of a gas turbine engine, the washer having a portion thereof plastically deformed into an anti-rotation notch defined in the structural ring, thereby locking the washer against rotation in the seat, the washer further comprising a set of holes for receiving corresponding bolts, and wherein the washer further has at least one anti-rotation tab at each hole, the anti-rotation tabs being deformable in engagement with the bolts to individually lock the same against rotation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170107857A1 SPOKE LOCKING ARCHITECTURE Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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