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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
William Tulloch, Bristol, GB;
Pat Broomfield, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/34 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01); B64D 37/02 (2006.01); B64C 3/32 (2006.01); B64D 27/26 (2006.01); F16B 35/00 (2006.01); F16B 37/14 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 33/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/34 (2013.01); B64C 3/32 (2013.01); B64D 27/26 (2013.01); B64D 37/02 (2013.01); B64D 45/02 (2013.01); F16B 35/00 (2013.01); F16B 37/048 (2013.01); F16B 37/14 (2013.01); F16B 37/145 (2013.01); B64D 2027/264 (2013.01); F16B 5/0642 (2013.01); F16B 19/02 (2013.01); F16B 33/002 (2013.01); F16B 33/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly with an aircraft fuel tank is disclosed having a captive nut with an internal thread, a secondary structure, and a fastener which secures the secondary structure to the fuel tank. The fastener has a shaft which passes through the secondary structure and has an external thread coupled to the internal thread of the captive nut. The fuel tank has a fuel tank element with a hole, and the captive nut has a sleeve which is located in the hole with an interference fit between an outer surface of the sleeve and an inner surface of the wall of the hole.