Patent ID: 6358582
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G01R,H01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminated composite shell assembly for use as a tube suspension in a magnet, said assembly comprising:a plurality of laminated composite shells assembled to one another and having a plurality of adhesive bonds at which said shells are connected to an external structure; said composite shells being substantially cylindrical in configuration and having an axial direction; each of said shells being made of composite layers of laminates having fibers oriented in a plurality of stacking sequences with reference to an axial direction of said shell; and said composite shells being concentrically assembled together in an axially adjoining sequence of laminates axially overlapping each other only in part, wherein some of said shells perform a structural load bearing function in supporting said magnet while others of said shells perform a load transfer function; wherein said shells provide required said structural load bearing function and said load transfer function at respective areas of adhesive bond locations without additional mechanical means disposed adjacent said adhesive bond locations.