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Granted Patent B2
US 10,927,908 · App. 16/865,635 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Hybrid torque tube

Inventors: Leslie Steele (Dayton, OH); Thomas P Filburn (Granby, CT); Michael A. Klecka (Coventry, CT)
Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
F16D65/0056B33Y70/00B33Y80/00C22C14/00F16D55/36F16D65/02B33Y10/00B64C25/42F16D2055/0008F16D2065/1364F16D2065/1368F16D2065/1388F16D2065/1392F16D2200/003F16D2200/0008F16D2200/0082F16D2250/0007F16D2250/0023F16D2250/0046F16D2250/0076
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Patent No.
US 10,927,908
App. No.
16/865,635
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid torque tube for a brake assembly may comprise a tube portion having a centerline axis, and a conical back-leg portion extending from the tube portion. A stator spline may be formed on a radially outward surface of the tube portion. A foot may be formed on a radially inward surface of the tube portion. The tube portion is formed using a first manufacturing process and at least one of the conical back-leg, stator spline, or foot is formed using additive manufacturing.

Claims (11)

1. A hybrid torque tube for a brake assembly, the hybrid torque tube comprising:

a tube portion having a centerline axis, the tube portion comprising a first metal alloy;

a conical back-leg extending from the tube portion in a radially outward angled orientation relative to the centerline axis;

a stator spline formed on a radially outward surface of the tube portion; and

a foot formed on a radially inward surface of the tube portion, wherein at least one of the conical back-leg, the stator spline, or the foot comprises a second metal alloy different from the first metal alloy.

2. The hybrid torque tube of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the stator spline is hollow.

3. The hybrid torque tube of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the stator spline comprises a lattice structure.

4. The hybrid torque tube of claim 1 , wherein the first metal alloy comprises a first non-ferrous material, and wherein the second metal alloy comprises a second non-ferrous material different from the first non-ferrous material, the second non-ferrous material having a greater resistance to creep as compared to the first non-ferrous material.

5. The hybrid torque tube of claim 4 , wherein the first metal alloy comprises, by weight, 6% aluminum, 4% vanadium, a maximum of 0.2% oxygen, a maximum of 0.25% iron, and at least 89% titanium, and wherein the second metal alloy comprises, by weight, 6% aluminum, 2% tin, 4% zirconium, 2% molybdenum, and at least 85% titanium.

6. The hybrid torque tube of claim 1 , wherein the first metal alloy comprises a first ferrous material, and wherein the second metal alloy comprises a second ferrous material different from the first ferrous material.

7. The hybrid torque tube of claim 1 , wherein an end of the stator spline proximate the conical back-leg is tapered.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2020
From: STEELE, LESLIE; FILBURN, THOMAS P.; KLECKA, MICHAEL A.
To: GOODRICH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052560/0262 →
Continuity (2)
Division 15887754 · Feb 2, 2018
Related Publication 20200263747A1 · Aug 20, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,492,731