Patent ID: 8567202

Claim:
A support-link having lockable adjustment features for interconnecting an annular outer case and an annular inner case of a gas turbine engine, the annular inner case being co-axially positioned within the annular outer case, the support link comprising: a plurality of rods having opposed inner and outer ends, each rod being connected at the outer end to the annular outer case and connected at the inner end to the annular inner case, the rods extending substantially tangentially across an annulus defined radially between the outer and inner cases; and a plurality of lockable adjusting devices for adjustably connecting the respective rods to one of the annular outer and inner cases, each of the lockable adjusting devices including a pin and a connecting base attached to said one of the outer and inner cases, each of the pins extending in a substantially radial direction and having a connecting section and a base section, the connecting section having a central axis eccentric to a central axis of the base section, the connecting section being received in a hole defined in one of the outer and inner ends of one rod and the base section being received in a hole defined in the connecting base, the pin being rotatable relative to the respective rod and connecting base in order to select an angular position of an eccentric distance between the central axes of the respective connecting section and base section of the pin before the pin is locked in position to secure the rod to the connecting base wherein the connecting bases of the respective lockable adjusting devices are circumferentially spaced apart, each of the connecting bases connecting two adjacent rods.