Slip joint connector
Abstract
A slip joint connector for joining first and second structural elements together is presented. The connector has a first body member attachable to the first structural element and a second body member attachable to the second structural element. The first body member has a male protuberance including a conical portion and the second body member has a conical receptacle for cooperatively receiving the conical portion of the protuberance. The protuberance includes a bridging portion for spacing the conical portion from the remainder of the first body member and the second body member has a well communicating with the conical receptacle for receiving the bridging portion. The conical male portion internally carries a nut while the second body member may receive a bolt through the receptacle to be threadedly received by the nut to secure the first and second body members tightly together.
- Publication:
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994msfc.rept.....T
- Keywords:
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- Bolted Joints;
- Bolts;
- Connectors;
- Structural Members;
- Conical Bodies;
- Nuts (Fasteners);
- Patents;
- Protuberances;
- Threads;
- Mechanical Engineering