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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey A. Wilkerson, Bothell, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A wing includes a wing box including interconnected spars, an interior system installed within the wing box, an opposed pair of skins fastened to and covering the wing box, wherein one of the skins closes out the wing, and a plurality of fastening systems configured to fasten the skins to the spars and provide protection from electromagnetic effects, wherein each one of the fastening systems includes a threaded fastener, a nut plate including a body and a cover, and a nut enclosed within the nut plate between the body and the cover, wherein the nut is restricted from rotation within the nut plate about a nut plate axis and is free to move linearly within the nut plate orthogonal to the nut plate axis.