Airbus Operations Gmbh

Martin Geoffrey Warren

Phillip Teague

A fastener assembly for attaching a component or bracket to the inner surface of the skin of an aircraft wing is disclosed. The fastener assembly comprises a bolt having a shaft and a bolt retaining member that threadingly cooperates with the shaft to retain the bolt in a position in which it extends through a hole in the skin. The fastener also includes a component or bracket retaining member that also threadingly cooperates with a portion of the shaft protruding through said bolt retaining member to attach a component or bracket to said inner surface.

Fastener assembly

A fastener assembly is disclosed for mounting a component to a bracket attached to an inner surface of the skin of an aircraft wing such that the component is thermally and electrically isolated from the bracket is disclosed. The component and bracket each have mounting holes and the fastener assembly includes a fastening element having a shaft to extend through the holes, first and second isolating members mountable on the shaft on either side of the bracket such that the bracket is sandwiched between the first and second isolating members.

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Martin Geoffrey Warren