| 摘要 |
An improved rod connector assembly and method for mechanically fastening two rods together. Generally planar mating surfaces of a first rod assembly and a second rod assembly are compressively coupled by a rod union. The compressiv e load by the rod union is derived from a tapered surface that provides an interference fit to a corresponding tapered surface on the first rod assembl y. Clearance diameters provided within the rod union accommodate axial misalignment of the first rod assembly and the second rod assembly. The seco nd rod assembly includes an adjustable rod adapter to provide coupling to rods of various lengths. The first rod assembly includes an internal cavity to recei ve a portion of the second rod that may protrude from the adjustable rod adapte r. Shaped mating surfaces of the rod adapters are received in a corresponding shaped cavity of the union to prevent rotation of the adapters. |
