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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Steven Paul Walker, Arlington, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A nut plate assembly includes a base plate having base plate openings. The nut plate assembly includes channel fittings coupled to the bottom of the base plate each having a main body with a top facing the bottom of the base plate. Each channel fitting has a nut cap channel at the bottom of the main body aligned with the opening in the main body. The nut plate assembly includes nut caps received in the nut cap channels coupled to the channel fittings and positioned below the bottom of the main body. Each nut cap has a pocket holding a nut to receive a fastener used to secure the base plate to the mounting structure from an exterior surface of the mounting structure through the base plate and the main body of the channel fitting.