US 12,252,263 B2
Wear resistant sleeve for composite cylinder
Sanjay Venugopal, Karnataka (IN); Amit Kumar Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh (IN); and Rajiv Krishnappa, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,158.
Claims priority of application No. 202211071676 (IN), filed on Dec. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190575 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 29/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 29/08 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A door and hold open rod assembly of an aircraft, comprising:
the door; and
a hold open rod assembly secured to the door, the hold open rod assembly configured to support the door in an opened position when the hold open rod is deployed, the hold open rod assembly, including:
a tubular rod body formed from a composite material;
a localized sleeve installed to the rod body, the sleeve secured to the rod body by a shrink fit operation including the application of heat to the sleeve material; and
a bushing disposed radially between the rod body and the sleeve, the bushing configured to absorb thermal energy of the application of heat.