HYBRID METALLIC/COMPOSITE PISTON HEAD JOINT

• Main Authors: Ganis Rony, Giannakopoulos Ioannis, Higginbottom Thomas, Bernard James, Chatzi Panagiota
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.04.2017
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BEARINGS; BLASTING; COSMONAUTICS; CYLINDERS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HELICOPTERS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PISTONS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SEALINGS; SHAFTS; SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

The present disclosure describes composite actuator piston rods and methods for making such rods. Composite actuator piston rods of the present disclosure may include a composite actuator rod tube having a flared end, an insert, wherein the insert has a complementary shape to the flared end, a piston head concentrically surrounding the flared end of the composite actuator rod tube, and a piston head nut configured to threadingly attach to the piston head.