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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Richard Dobbin, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
A cap for forming a sealed cavity around an end of a fastener is disclosed having a cap body with an annular base terminating at an inner cap rim which surrounds an opening into a central cavity and lies in an inner cap plane around a majority of a circumference of the annular base. A skirt provides an annular pocket between the skirt and the annular base. The skirt has a first part which is integrally formed with the cap body from a first material and terminates at an edge, and a second part which is formed from a second material and extends from the edge of the first part of the skirt to a skirt rim which lies in or below the inner cap plane around a majority of a circumference of the skirt.