Textron Innovations Inc.

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Brian French

Denver Ray Whitworth

Vance N Cribb

A device and method to repair a structural component. The device includes a plug that bonds to the structural component. The plug includes a flange and a solid shank extending from the flange, the solid shank being disposable in an opening of the structural component. The device further includes disc that bonds to the structural component such that, when bonded, the disc covers the solid shank of the plug. The method includes bonding the plug to the structural component such that the solid shank of the plug is disposed in the opening of the structural component. The method further includes bonding the disc to the structural component.

Device and method for repairing structural components

A device for repairing a structural component () having a first member () adapted for bonding to a structural component ().

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Roanoke, TX, United States of America

Brian French