Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lightweight and compliant journal pin
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Application No.: US15962819Application Date: 2018-04-25
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Publication No.: US10240671B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Marc J. Muldoon
- 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: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F16H57/04
- IPC: F16H57/04 ; F16H57/08 ; F16C17/02 ; F16H1/28 ; F02C7/36

Abstract:
A journal pin may comprise an internal bore formed along an axis of rotation of the journal pin, a recessed wall of the internal bore having a diameter greater than the diameter of the internal bore, the internal bore extending completely through the journal pin, and a collar coupled to the journal pin, wherein the collar comprises a second recessed wall; and a carrier press fit onto the collar. The journal pin may comprise an undercut radially outward from the internal bore and radially inward from an outer diameter of the journal pin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180283531A1 LIGHTWEIGHT AND COMPLIANT JOURNAL PIN Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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