Patent ID: 8745819

Claim:
A bushing, comprising: an inner bushing component having a cylindrical inner wall and a first clamp tab substantially perpendicular to the cylindrical inner wall and configured to abut a surface of a structure to be coupled with the bushing; an outer bushing component having a cylindrical outer wall and a second clamp tab substantially perpendicular to the cylindrical outer wall and configured to abut an opposing surface of the structure to couple the structure with the bushing, the first and second clamp tabs defining a distance between the inner bushing component and the outer bushing component; and a load compensation sleeve having a cylindrical shape and sized to abut an exterior surface of the cylindrical inner wall and an inner surface of the cylindrical outer wall, the load compensation sleeve coupling the inner bushing component to the outer bushing component and having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is greater than a CTE of the inner bushing component and a CTE of the outer bushing component, wherein the exterior surface of the cylindrical inner wall comprises threads positioned proximate to an end opposite the first clamp tab, wherein the inner surface of the cylindrical outer wall comprises threads positioned proximate to an end opposite the second clamp tab, and wherein the load compensation sleeve is coupled to the inner bushing component and the outer bushing component via the threads on the cylindrical inner wall and the threads on the cylindrical outer wall, and wherein the first bushing component, the load compensation sleeve, and the second bushing component are configured such that thermal axial expansion or contraction of the load compensation sleeve substantially maintains the distance between the inner bushing component and the outer bushing component over a range of operational temperatures.