Randall Eugene Simons

US Patent:

20120317753, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/164414

Inventors:

Randall E. Simons - San Jose CA, US
Steven Lee Wittmer - Livermore CA, US
James S. Bray - Pine Grove CA, US

Assignee:

SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

B65D 63/00
B23P 17/00
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

24 19, 2952508, 2940702

Abstract:

Techniques for detachably joining a first component and a second component includes a band clamp, a tensioning device, a plurality of shoes, and a plurality of brackets. The band clamp is configured to cause the plurality of shoes to engage an abutting cylindrical flange of each of the first component and the second component and to provide a sufficient clamping pressure to join the first component with the second component. Each of the plurality of brackets is attached to one of the first component and the second component. The sufficient clamping pressure results from redundant, independently inspectable, sources, a primary redundant source being circumferential tension in the band clamp, caused by tightening the tensioning device, to produce a first radial restraining force on the shoes, and a secondary redundant source being a second radial restraining force, applied by way of the plurality of brackets, to the band clamp.