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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Keith A. Etling, Shiloh, IL (US);
Craig A. Blackburn, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Jennifer R. Green, Olivette, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A seal assembly includes a seal body having a seal bottom surface and a plurality of seal cavities spaced along a lengthwise direction of the seal body. The seal cavities are each open to the seal bottom surface via a respective cavity opening. The seal assembly further includes a plurality of locking rings configured to be captured respectively within a corresponding plurality of the seal cavities. Each one of the locking rings includes a ring body having a ring inner perimeter that is externally accessible via the cavity opening when the locking ring is captured within one of the seal cavities. The ring inner perimeter is configured to engage a locking ring engagement portion of a fastener head of a seal-engaging fastener installed in a structure.