摘要 |
A torque tube and conical back plate for aircraft brakes including a torque tube having a truncated back plate of thin metal construction extending from the outboard end thereof. The conical back plate is characterized by inner and outer reinforcing rings, such rings providing a compressive force at opposite ends of the truncated cone of the back plate, thus allowing the back plate to resist bending and deflection. In accordance with the invention, the cross sectional centers of mass of the inner and outer reinforcing rings are shifted outboard from a projection of the center plane of the conical back plate, such positioning enhancing the stiffening and reinforcing capabilities of the reinforcing rings.
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