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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Michael J. Basala, Charleston, SC (US);
Jonathan M. Steiner, Johns Island, SC (US);
Alexander R. Ocasio, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Matthew J. Senesac, Charleston, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A self-adjusting hook assembly is disclosed. The hook assembly comprises a hanger pin apparatus fixed to a first structure and a hook fixed to a second structure. The hanger pin apparatus comprises a keeper that is selectively moveable, relative to a housing. A spring is at least partially enclosed by a bell, and rearward of the housing on along a rod length of a rod member of the keeper. The spring is compressed or expanded to co-move the keeper and the bell, relative to the housing. The hanger pin apparatus is changeable between, and inclusive of, an open state and a closed-loaded state. When in the open state, the spring applies a spring force in a first direction such that the bell is spaced apart from the housing along a rod length of the rod member of the keeper. When in the closed-loaded state, a hook force is applied in a second direction, opposite of the first direction, such that the bell is in contact with the housing along the rod length of the rod member of the keeper.
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