Patent ID: 8920086

Claim:
A taper bolt connection for use in an aircraft comprising a taper bolt comprising a wedge surface, a taper bush having a wedge surface, a fastening nut, and a washer, wherein the taper bush comprises a continuous longitudinal slot, wherein the taper bush is capable of being spread open uniformly in the radial direction by means of the fastening nut screwed onto said taper bolt, wherein a longitudinal extent of the taper bush wedge surface corresponds to a longitudinal extent of said taper bolt wedge surface, and wherein said taper bolt is capable of avoiding a tribochemical reaction between the contact surfaces of said taper bolt and said taper bush by means of includes a polytetraflouroethylene-containing coating comprising at least three strips arranged uniformly spaced apart from one another, around the circumference of said taper bolt, and each strip extending over the entire longitudinal extent of said taper bolt wedge surface.