The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Juliette E Mahaffey

David J Carter

William Whitcomb McFarland

Isaac Mayer Ehrenberg

Graham Arrick

Daniel F King

Alexander Sawyer

A reservoir provided in a hard-point fixture is pre-loaded with a curable adhesive, where the reservoir is protected from the curing radiation. The fixture is placed on a target surface and the adhesive is extruded from the reservoir into a space between the fixture and the target surface. An irradiating device to cure the adhesive is provided in the fixture and activated to couple the fixture to the surface. Once the curing process is complete, the fixture is released from the placement system leaving the fixture affixed to the target surface.

Hard-point fixture for attaching to a target surface

A hard-point fixture placement system places a fixture that is pre-loaded with a curable adhesive by mechanically extruding the adhesive between the fixture and a target surface to which the fixture is to be attached. The placement system includes an irradiating device to cure the adhesive. The hard-point fixture stores the adhesive in a reservoir that is protected from the curing radiation. Once the curing process is complete, the fixture is released from the placement system leaving the fixture affixed to the target surface.

Hard-point fixture and system for attaching the fixture to a target surface

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Juliette E Mahaffey