The Boeing Company

Gary Alan Pearson

Douglas Dean Maben

Chao-Hsin Lin

Taylor Goodwin

Tuan Q Vu

Edmund Cordero

A sleeve that connects together a first duct and a second duct. The sleeve has a body with a cylindrical shape with open first and second ends. A first groove is spaced inward along the longitudinal axis from the first end and is configured to receive an end of the first duct. A first sleeve section of the body extends along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the first groove. A second groove is spaced inward along the longitudinal axis from the second end and is configured to receive an end of the second duct. A second sleeve section of the body extends along the longitudinal axis between the second end and the second groove. A central section is positioned between and spacing apart along the longitudinal axis the first groove and the second groove.

Quick connect sleeve

A fluid flow restrictor device for controlling fluid flow at a connection between ducts may include a restrictor device body that is partially or fully inserted into and disposed within one of the ducts and an outboard restrictor device flange extending radially outward at an outboard end of the restrictor device body and having an outboard flange outer diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the ducts so that the restrictor device body or the outboard restrictor device flange is engaged by an open end surface of the duct to prevent full insertion of the fluid flow restrictor device into the duct. A body inner surface defines a restrictor opening through the restrictor device body that can be varied to achieve desired fluid flow characteristics at the connection.

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Gary Alan Pearson