Interference fit attachment for a rounded member

专利名称：Interference fit attachment for a rounded

member

发明人：William O. Hesse,Raymond John

Klein,Michael Abdella,Mark Woodward

申请号：US09870572申请日：20010530

公开号：US20020180186A1公开日：20021205

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摘要：A novel apparatus and method for attaching a rounded member to anothermember or surface, particularly a flat surface, is disclosed. A spacer, which may take the

form of a split ring, is positioned around an attachment surface of the rounded member.Then, while the spacer is supported against further motion along the inflator, a flangehaving a shank with a tapered inside diameter may be passed around the inflator andspacer. As the inside diameter of the flange narrows to contact the spacer, the flangeexerts inward pressure tending to frictionally engage the inflator with the spacer, and thespacer with the flange. Thus, an interference fit having a high retention strength may becomparatively easily and rapidly formed. The spacer may be hardened so as to indent theinflator and/or the flange to enhance the retention strength of the assembly. The spacermay be reconfigured in a number of ways to provide the appropriate combination ofresistance against axial pressure and torsion.

申请人：HESSE WILLIAM O.,KLEIN RAYMOND JOHN,ABDELLA MICHAEL,WOODWARDMARK

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