Patent ID: 8732916

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a band clamp arrangement for detachably joining a first component and a second component, said band clamp arrangement comprising: a band clamp, a tensioning device, a plurality of shoes, and a plurality of brackets, the band clamp arrangement configured to cause the plurality of shoes to engage an abutting cylindrical flange of each of the first component and the second component, and to redundantly provide a sufficient clamping pressure to join the first component with the second component, wherein each of the plurality of brackets is attached to one of the first component and the second component, at least one of the plurality of brackets comprising a tightening device; and the sufficient clamping pressure results from redundant sources, a primary redundant source being circumferential tension in the band clamp, caused by tightening the tensioning device, to produce a first radial restraining force on the shoes, and a secondary redundant source being a second radial restraining force, applied, by way of the plurality of brackets, to the band clamp to prevent disengagement of the shoes from the abutting cylindrical flanges, wherein: the tightening device is configured to produce the second radial restraining force by adjustably applying radial pressure to the band clamp.