Abstract: In a ceramic rotor and metal shaft assembly, a ceramic rotor has a protruded portion and is joined at the protruded portion to a recessed portion of a metal shaft by shrinkage fit or the like fitting method of fixedly holding the protruded and recessed portions relative to each other by making the mating circumferential surfaces of the protruded and recessed portions pressed against each other. The recessed portion has a minimum thickness wall between a circumferential wall and a bottom wall. The protruded and recessed portions have a set relationship of0.05.ltoreq.t/d.ltoreq.0.2where t is a thickness of the minimum wall portion of the recessed portion and D is an outer diameter of the protruded portion.

Abstract: A joined assembly of a ceramic member and a metallic member having a hollow cylindrical portion which is open at one end thereof, and closed at the other end, or bottom thereof. The ceramic member has a portion fitted in the cylindrical portion in such a way that any stress acting axially upon the surface of the ceramic member may be reduced at least in the vicinity of the open end of the cylindrical portion. The two members are joined together by shrinkage fitting with at least one brazing material filling the clearance between the two members, or by chemical bonding.

Abstract: A strengthened article formed from a ceramic having a bore through a portion thereof and with a metal rod adhered by heat-settable adhesive to the ceramic within the bore thereof. The metal rod has a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the ceramic thereby placing this ceramic in compression upon heat setting and cooling of the overall article.

Abstract: A ceramic-metal joined composite body including a ceramic member having a projection formed thereon, and a metallic member having a recess formed therein. The projection of the ceramic member is fitted into the recess of the metallic member, and a corner of a bottom of the recess has a rounded dimension such that R/D.gtoreq.0.04, in which R and D are the rounded dimension of the corner of the bottom of the recess and an outer diameter of the projection, respectively. The ceramic-metal joined composite body particularly is useful in a rotary shaft for a turbocharger rotor or a gas turbine rotor.

Abstract: A composite metal-ceramic article comprising a metal shaft and a ceramic ball bearing attached thereto. The shaft is tapered in such a manner to reduce the stress exerted on the ball.

Abstract: In a joining structure of a turbine in which a shaft portion of a ceramic turbine rotor is joined to a metal shaft in the through bore of a metal sleeve by brazing, the joining structure of this invention comprises a first flange formed on the metal sleeve, the first flange extending toward the axis of the through bore, a second flange formed on the metal shaft, the second flange extending outward and the outside diameter thereof being larger than the inner diameter of the first flange, wherein side surfaces of the first and the second flanges are engaged and brazed with each other. An intermediate layer may be interposed between the bottom end of the shaft portion of the turbine rotor and the bottom end of the metal shaft for reinforcement. The intermediate layer is made of one or more than one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Cu, Fe, Ag, KOVAR, Fe-Ni Alloy, and W alloy.

Abstract: A metal-ceramic joined, composite body comprises a metallic member and a ceramic member. The metallic member and the ceramic member are provided with a recess and a projection, respectively, and are integrally joined by inserting the projection into the recess. The recess of the metallic member is provided with a stepped portion to increase an inner diameter of the recess at an opening portion thereof, and a brazing metal is interposed at least in a gap between the stepped portion and the projection of the ceramic member. Alternatively, a groove is provided over substantially the entire periphery of the projection of the ceramic member in vicinity of an end of a joined portion between the metallic member and the ceramic member, and a brazing metal is interposed at least between an edge of the groove and the recess of the metallic member. Besides the above, the axial length L.sub.

Abstract: A high temperature turbine engine includes a hybrid ceramic/metallic rotor member having ceramic/metal joint structure. The disclosed joint is able to endure higher temperatures than previously possible, and aids in controlling heat transfer in the rotor member.

Abstract: A mounting-band assembly is disclosed for securing air filters in connection with engine-powered vehicles and equipment. The mounting-band assembly is directed to such band assemblies where the band is made of a material that has a different rate of thermal expansion than the material of the filter housing. The band assembly incorporates a spring for self-adjusting the forces between the band and the filter housing in response to the relative change in the sizes of the band and housing.

Abstract: A glass to metal seal for mounting an electrical conductor in a metal wall, such as a microelectronic circuit case, and a method of mounting. The metal lead which serves as the electrical conductor is coated with a layer of iron by electroplating and the iron coated lead is mounted in the opening of the metal wall with a glass insulating sleeve. In an alternative embodiment, a barrier layer of electroplated and sintered nickel is provided on the metal lead under the iron layer. A similar layer of iron may be provided on the case wall at the lead opening, and a barrier layer may be provided on the case wall under the iron layer.

Abstract: A joint structure for joining a ceramic member to a metallic member where the two members have substantially cylindrical end portions. The end portions are place in an abutting relationship and joining member adherent to both connect the two members. A sleeve member covers the joint and is affixed at least to the surface of the end portion of the device having a composition most like the sleeve member. Where the sleeve member is metallic, the surface of the sleeve member is affixed to the metallic portion of the device.

Abstract: Ceramic and metal shafts are joined at their ends by brazing, with a buffer member being interposed therebetween. The joined ends of the ceramic and metal shafts and the buffer member are received within a metal sleeve and joined by brazing to part of the inner circumferential wall of the metal sleeve in such a manner than an axial end of the joint where the inner circumferential wall is securely joined to the ceramic and metal shafts is positioned between opposite axial ends of the metal sleeve and at the same time between opposite axial ends of the ceramic shaft. The outer circumferential wall of the metal sleeve is formed with an annular groove in the place corresponding to the above mentioned axial end of the joint with respect to the axial direction of the metal sleeve.

Abstract: A fitting assembly having a ceramic piece fitted to a cup-shaped metal piece filled with solder. Through the use of the difference in thermal expansion coefficients of ceramics and certain metals, an assembly for properly gripping the ceramic by the metal cup is created.

Abstract: A high-temperature, low-thermal expansion fastener for joining low thermal expansion refractory materials includes a pin with an inset portion on the shank of the pin that forms a head-facing shoulder, at least one shell insert which is seatable about the inset portion, and an internally threaded member which can be screwed onto the threaded outer surface of the shell inserts to maintain the inserts in abutting relationship with the inset portion. Forces within the fastener are transferred from the internally threaded member to the shell inserts which in turn press against the head-facing shoulder on the pin shank to place the shank in tension. The fastener parts, including a spacer, may be selected to compensate for thermal expansion or contraction of the fastened elements.

Abstract: Ceramic-metal composite bodies and a process for the production thereof are disclosed. The ceramic-metal composite body includes a metallic member and a ceramic member which are integrally joined together by fitting a projection formed on the ceramic member to a recess formed in the metallic member. The projection of the ceramic member is fitted and joined into the recess of the metallic member in a vessel of which the inside is kept at an atmosphere having a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure. The pressure of air remaining in a space left between the recess and the fitted projection is lower than that of the air in the space when the projection is fitted into the recess in the atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A fastener for connecting structures having significantly different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) which substantially eliminates thermal stress with varying ambient temperatures, while allowing said structures to be either abutting or spaced from each other. A frusto-conical bore through a wall of a first structure receives a frusto-conical surface of an elongated fastener which is coincident with said bore. The fastener has a base secured to a second structure. A shoulder is formed on the first structure around the narrow end of the bore, the shoulder having a frusto-conical outer edge. A flange member is secured to the vertex end of said fastener, the flange member having a surface configured to engage the outer edge in a coincident relationship. The fastener is tightened to bring both pairs of coincident conical surfaces into pressure contact. Both parts of conic surface preferably have a common vertex which lies outside the fastener.

Abstract: A member formed of ceramic refractory material has therein an opening. A metal coupling member for attaching a metal member such as a rod or a tube, to the refractory member has an externally threaded portion extending into the opening in the refractory member. The coupling member has a head extending radially outwardly beyond the threads of the threaded portion and embedded in the refractory member. The opening in the refractory member may be internally threaded to receive the threads of the threaded portion of the coupling member.

Abstract: A ceramic-metal composite body is produced by fitting a protruding portion of a ceramic member into a concave portion of a metallic member. In this case, the protruding portion has a quantity of undulation in a plane including the axial line of the protruding portion of not more than 5 .mu.m.

Abstract: A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine having a support structure and a stiffening ring 46 extending about the support structure 34 is disclosed. Various construction details which increase the rigidity of the support structure and enable the stiffening ring to accept axial and radial loads are developed. In one embodiment the stiffening ring 46 is the seal ring 52 for a seal end 74. In one particular embodiment, the thermal expansion characteristic of the support structure is greater than the thermal expansion characteristic of the stiffening ring to insure that the stiffening ring is in tension under normal operative conditions of the engine.

Abstract: A reversible thermal compensation joint having a ceramic fairing (20) with a spindle (24) slidably engaged within a metal hinge housing (22). The spindle (24) has a groove (28) with inwardly converging side walls (36) and a flat bottom (38) in which is seated a plurality of arcuate ring sections (30). The ring sections (30) have inwardly converging sides (40) that substantially match the side walls (36) of the groove (28). The ring sections (30) are formed of the same material as the hinge housing (22), such that upon thermal expansion of the reversible thermal compensation joint (10), the ring sections (30) slide up the walls (36) to maintain a tight fit with the expanding hinge housing (22).

Abstract: An adapter element that allows machine elements to be accommodated in a centered manner with zero play, with these machine elements having different thermal expansions over broad temperature ranges. The adapter element has a sleeve-like portion that has tongue-like regions defined therefrom. Flattened or planar regions are provided on the inner and/or outer surface of the sleeve-like portion, with these planar regions at least partially overlapping the tongue-like regions.

Abstract: In the sealed feedthrough construction disclosed herein, a maximally compliant solder joint is provided between the low expansion ferrule of a glass insulted feedthrough connector and a bore in an enclosure bulkhead of a high expansion metal. The desired uniform radial thickness is established by providing a step on either the outer diameter of the ferrule or the inner diameter of the bore.

Abstract: A retainer post for tightly engaging a printed circuit board employing surface mounted technology. The retainer post has a hollow neck portion for insertion in a hole in a printed circuit board, an adjoining shoulder section for engaging the surface of the printed circuit board and, preferably, a retaining means for retaining said post in the printed circuit board. The retaining means preferably is formed of a circumferential, radially projecting barb containing longitudinal notches so that it may be inwardly compressed as the retaining post is inserted in a hole in a printed circuit board. The neck section contains a plurality of longitudinal spaced (i) grooves on its outer surface forming opposing frangible webs or (ii) cuts through said neck section. The neck section contains a cavity in which is disposed a material that expands upon heating.

Abstract: A thermal stress-free joint assembly for joining a low thermal expansion member and a high thermal expansion member uses a fastener and a bushing fitted within a bore in the low thermal expansion member, wherein the fastener and bushing materials are selected to have predetermined coefficients of thermal expansion. The fastener includes a shank which passes through the bore in the low thermal expansion member. The bushing, bore and shank are dimensioned according to a mathematical relationship to maintain a predetermined clearance or preload as the joint undergoes changes in temperature, without damage to either joined member from thermally induced stress.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump wherein the back shroud of a brittle impeller of ceramic or glass is coupled to the radially outwardly extending disc of a metallic adapter whose hub receives torque from the pump shaft. The adapter has a flange which surrounds the peripheral surface of the impeller or it has a collar which surrounds a complementary collar of the back shroud. The arrangement is such that the coupling between the adapter and the impeller does not subject the impeller to any tensional or other stresses which would be likely to affect the integrity of the brittle impeller. The disc of the adapter is adjacent the rear side of the back shroud so that the adapter does not interfere with the flow of conveyed material to, in and from the impeller.

Abstract: A foldable expandable pallet (10) having a basic square configuration. Each pallet is comprised of a plurality of struts (11, 13) joined together by node point fittings (12) to make a rigid structure. Some of the struts have hinge fittings (15) and are spring loaded to permit collapse of the module for stowage (26) and transport to a space station. Dimensions of the pallet are selected to provide convenient, closely spaced attachment points between the relatively widely spaced trusses (21, 30, 31) of a space station platform. A pallet is attached to a truss at four points: one close fitting hole (22); two oversize holes (24, 25); and a slot (23); to allow for thermal expansion/contraction and for manufacturing tolerances. Applications of the pallete include its use in rotary or angular joints (29); servicing of splints; with gridded plates (34); as instrument mounting bases; and as a roadbed (36) for a Mobile Service Center (MSC) (37).

Abstract: A ceramic-metal composite body comprises a ceramic member with a projection formed thereon and a metallic member with a depression or through hole formed therein. The ceramic member and the metallic member are bonded together by fitting the projection of the ceramic member into the depression or through hole of the metallic member. The difference between the outer diameter of the projection of the ceramic member and the inner diameter of the depression or through hole of the metallic member when the projection of the ceramic member is extracted from the depression or through hole of the metallic member is not less than 0.2% of the outer diameter of the projection of the ceramic member.

Abstract: A rotor-shaft assembly which includes a ceramic, solid hubbed turbine rotor having an integral stub shaft brazed within one end of a generally cylindrically shaped sleeve member. A metal shaft is either brazed or cold press fitted within the other end of the sleeve member in a torque transmitting relationship. The stub shaft is formed with an annular relief therearound in order to reduce the compressive forces acting on the stub shaft by the sleeve member.

Abstract: A turbine rotor unit and a method of producing the same are disclosed. This turbine rotor unit comprises a ceramic rotor, a ceramic shaft integrally united with the ceramic rotor and a metal shaft provided with a cylindrical portion fixing the ceramic shaft therein and is characterized by having a gap between a substantial portion of the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion located near the side of the ceramic rotor and the outer surface of the ceramic shaft. Further, the turbine rotor unit is produced by arranging on one end of the metal shaft a cylindrical portion wherein an inner diameter at its opening side is larger than that at the bottom side, inserting the ceramic shaft into the cylindrical portion, and fixing the ceramic shaft to the cylindrical portion at its small diameter side.

Abstract: A flexure acts as an interface for mounting a precision sensing device to a support having a different coefficient of thermal expansion. The flexure, which has substantially the same coefficient of expansion as the device, engages the support along an annular contacting surface to restrain the flexure from relative slipping movement under thermal stress. The sensing device is carried on a base of the flexure and therefore remains aligned during thermal cycling. In a preferred embodiment, the contacting surface provides tight surface-to-surface contact with a complementary surface of the support over an operating temperature range.

Abstract: A device for relieving thermally induced stresses developed in a nuclear fuel assembly during reactor heatup is disclosed herein. The device generally comprises a stress relieving fastener capable of connecting a fuel assembly top nozzle, which may be stainless steel, to a threaded stud, which may be Zircaloy. The stud is attached to a fuel assembly channel. The fastener includes a threaded nut having a deformable portion for relieving thermally induced stresses developed in the stud by the differential thermal expansion of the top nozzle and stud. In a first embodiment of the nut, the deformable portion comprises a circumferential, deformable ridge which is substantially recessed from the marginal edge of the nut and which is disposed on the bottom most surface of the nut. The ridge contacts the top nozzle when the nut threadedly engages the stud. A second embodiment of the nut is similar to the first embodiment except that the deformable ridge is disposed flush with the marginal edge of the nut.

Abstract: A metal-ceramic composite fitting assembly is described in which an effective connection between a boss on the ceramic member and the metal shaft member is achieved by providing the shaft with a sleeve formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal elongation comparable to that of the ceramic member, which sleeve is joined to the shaft member and cooperates with a recess therein to engage the boss along its length and to impose thereon compressive gripping forces that increase in magnitude along the length of the boss.

Abstract: A pump plunger formed from a centrally bored cylinder of a preferred compound having counterbored ends provided with inwardly converging counterbore inner end limits for thermally shrinking and centering a bolt and its nut therein. One end of the bolt projects beyond the cylinder and is threadedly connected axially with a plunger mounting shaft. The cylinder is turned concentric with the mounting shaft.

Abstract: A self-adjusting refractory joint which finds principle utility in teeming valves in which a pair of overlapping collars are provided on a plate and on the pour tube, the collar on the plate extending downwardly in surrounding relationship to the teeming orifice, and the collar on the pour tube extending from its upper portion in overlapping interfering relationship with the collar on the plate. Ideally the tangent of the angle (theta) of undercut between the respective collars where they overlap is the ratio of the height of the collar of the inner member divided by the radius of the outside diameter (O.D.). In the precast environment, an independent preformed retainer is used to define the extension from the bottom of the plate. In both instances a holder surrounds the extension from the bottom of the plate to essentially the bottom of the plate collar forming member.

Abstract: The engagement parts of the external rotor of a machine having plural fixed internal axes are reinforced by locking screws, which extend radially outwards to the side parts of the external rotor at an acute angle parallel to the longitudinal axis of said engagement parts. The thus prevented bulging of the engagement parts due to centrifugal forces permits high rotational speeds in the case of narrow sealing gaps between the external and internal rotors and with respect to the machine casing.

Abstract: A shoe incorporated into a swash plate type compressor as a drive force transmitting element intervened between a rotatable swash plate and a reciprocal piston has a first member made of a seizure-resistant material such as ceramic and hard metal, and has a flattened contact face in slidable contact with the swash plate, and a second member made of less seizure-resistant material but easily machined and having a spherical bearing face slidably engaged with the piston, the first and second members being joined together to form a unitary element.

Abstract: A rotor-shaft assembly which includes a ceramic, solid hubbed turbine rotor having an integral stub shaft brazed within one end of a generally cylindrically shaped sleeve member. A metal shaft is either brazed or cold press fitted within the other end of the sleeve member in a torque transmitting relationship. The stub shaft is formed with an annular relief therearound in order to reduce the compressive forces acting on the stub shaft by the sleeve member.

Abstract: The end region of the fibre reinforced plastics hollow shaft (1) is clamped between an outer ring (3) and an inner ring (21) provided on the metal part (2) which is to be connected to the shaft. The two rings are clamped to the shaft wall and to one another so that there is a frictional connection between the shaft (1) and the metal part (2). The rings are clamped thermally by shrinking the rings on and into the shaft. This type of connection between a plastics shaft and a metal part is very simple and effective. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, in which the turbocharger has a turbine wheel made in one piece from a ceramic material and having an axially extending support portion which is inserted into a hollow shaft made from a metal material. The support portion of the turbine wheel has, at an end remote from the blade portions, a portion having an increased diameter and tightly fitted to the hollow shaft. An axial first annular slit is formed between the shaft and the support portion. A radial second annular slit is formed between facing surfaces of the shaft and the turbine wheel. These first and second slits are connected to each other and work to alleviate the effects of the different heat expansion coefficients of the metal and ceramic materials on the support portion of the turbine wheel.

Abstract: The front end of a conical forward carbon-carbon heatshield is attached to arbon-carbon nose tip by a threaded connection. The nose tip provides rigid structural support for the small end of the heatshield at all conditions of thermal expansion. The joint between the aft end of the forward heatshield and the forward end of an aft carbon-phenolic heatshield includes a tolerance gap which is tapered to accommodate the vector movement of the carbon-carbon heatshield due to axial and circumferential thermal expansion. The gap is filled with a high temperature insulating washer of frangible material which is crushed by the axial expansion of the forward heatshield and evacuated by the slip-stream. The forward heatshield is supported at the joint by a segmented ring of high density carbon wedges that will expand during flight and move with the heatshield along an expansion ramp to provide continuous support.

Abstract: A metal-ceramic composite article obtained by press fitting a projection of a ceramic member into a hole formed in a metallic member has a high bonding force in the press-fitted portion and is free from separation between the ceramic member and the metallic member. The composite article exhibits high thermal resistance or wear resistance when used as a piston crown in a piston for an adiabatic engine or when used as a cam contacting surface of a tappet.

Abstract: A gas turbine including a joint structure is disclosed. According to the joint structure, a ceramic shaft is received in a bore formed in an end portion of a metallic shaft. Brazing filler metal made of Ag-Cu alloy is distributed between the closely fitted surfaces of the ceramic shaft and bore wall, and it extends axially toward the open end of the bore up to a predetermined plane where a ring seal groove formed on the end portion of the metallic shaft lies. The open end of the bore is closed to prevent entrance of exhaust gas into the bore.

Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a ceramic shaft to a metallic shaft comprises an arc body having a tapered portion in cross section, the arc body being fitted around a ceramic shaft, a member inserted by the ceramic shaft and placed adjacent the arc body at its one side, a metallic shaft placed adjacent the arc body at its other side, at least one of the member inserted by the ceramic shaft and the metallic shaft being in contact with the tapered portion and a fastening means for fastening the member and the metallic shaft to clamp the arc body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal-ceramic composite body having a ceramic member with a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion which are formed by providing a ceramic member with a projection and a metallic member with a recessed portion or through hole. The ceramic member and the metallic member are bonded together by inserting the small diameter portion into the recessed portion or through hole such that a space being not less than the diameter of the small diameter portion is provided between the edge surface of the metallic member on the side of the ceramic member at the bonding portion and the back surface of the large diameter portion of the ceramic member. The thickness of the edge portion of the metallic member is gradually reduced toward the ceramic member at a radius of curvature of not smaller than 0.4 times as large as the diameter of the small diameter portion. A method of producing the metal-ceramic composite body is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A ceramic part having one of a boss projecting therefrom or a bore therein is joined to a metal part having a complementary boss or bore. The ceramic and metallic parts overlap one another such that the boss is within the bore when assembled. A metallic insert is bonded to the ceramic part and secured by threads to the metallic part in the overlapping area. Metallic part and metallic insert are dimensioned such that when the joint is fully assembled an end of the insert bears on the metallic part and the ceramic and metallic parts do not contact one another.

Abstract: Heat-recoverable articles, especially heat-shrinkable tubular articles, having an open end are formed so that the section adjacent said open end has a lower recovery ratio than a section adjacent thereto, thereby substantially reducing the risk of splitting when the degree of recovery is high or in applications where a high degree of unrecovered strain remains after recovery about a substrate such as a supply line. A preferred article is a tubular cap which has an open end section having a first expansion ratio, an intermediate section having a second expansion ratio and a closed end section having a third expansion ratio, the second expansion ratio being greater than the first and third expansion ratios. Such a cap may be employed to seal a conduit against ingress of moisture and other contaminants. When a supply line is subsequently to be passed through the conduit the closed end may be removed and the article shrunk to grip the supply line.

Abstract: An automobile door with an inner plate and an outer plate wherein the outer plate has a panel formed from a synthetic resin. The panel is attached to a rigid metallic plate, such as steel, through a plurality of fastening holes formed in the longitudinal direction of the synthetic panel. One of the fastening holes near the forward end of the panel has a diameter substantially that of the fastening means. The remaining fastening holes are formed so as to allow longitudinal expansion and contraction of the synthetic panel. A lip portion is formed near the lower edge of the synthetic panel to engage with the inner plate of the door.

Abstract: First and second members are disposed in spaced relationship to each other. The members may be electrically conductive. The first member may be provided with a particular coefficient of thermal expansion which is higher than the coefficient of the second member. A plurality of layers of insulating material are disposed between the first and second members and are hermetically sealed to one another and to the first and second members. Each of the layers of insulating material has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than the particular coefficient. The progressive layers of insulating material from the first member have coefficients of thermal expansion of decreased value. This causes the layers of insulating material to have coefficients of thermal expansion which approach the coefficient of the second member with progressive distances toward the second member.

Abstract: Shrink fit sleeves 30 interposed between the hub 21 and the shaft 10 of a large rotating apparatus adapted for operation in an environment subject to severe cyclical loading as occasioned by large thermal transients, are provided with the property of having greater axial shear flexibility than radial flexibility and/or greater axial flexibility than that of the shrunk on component 21.

Abstract: A terminal assembly includes a ferrule and a terminal pin disposed in spaced relationship to the ferrule. First layers made from a first ceramic insulating material are disposed in spaced relationship to each other in the space between the terminal pin and the ferrule. The layers are primarily polycrystalline but partially amorphous. Second layers made from a second ceramic insulating material are disposed in spaced relationship to each other in the space between the terminal pin and the ferrule and between the first layers. The second layers are fused to the terminal pin and the ferrule and the first layers. The second layers are primarily amorphous but partially polycrystalline. Layers of a third insulating material having relatively high characteristics of electrical insulation and having a lower melting temperature than the first and second layers may be respectively disposed at the opposite ends of the terminal assembly.