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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
David Howard Curry, III, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
David Raines, Huntsville, AL (US);
Scott L. Smotherman, Huntsville, AL (US);
Paul Gabriel Werntges, Charleston, SC (US);
Dennis Ray Mathis, Charleston, SC (US);
Charlie E. Branyon, III, Summerville, SC (US);
Daniel B. Freeman, Goose Creek, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for mounting a splice component for joining two or more workpieces includes a base plate and one or more bias assemblies. The base plate includes one or more passageways extending through the base plate and one or more barrier elements mounted proximate to the passageway(s). Each barrier element and associated passageway are configured to freely receive a protrusion of a splice component. The bias assembly includes a bias element that extends proximate to the passageway and is configured to move resiliently to urge the protrusion against the barrier element. The passageway, the barrier element, and the bias assembly are configured to allow movement of the splice component relative to the base plate transverse to a direction of force applied by the bias element on the protrusion.