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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2025
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Cynthia Jarvis, Manchester, MO (US);
Rhyan G. Hardman, Madison, AL (US);
Jeremy N. O'hara, St. Louis, MO (US);
Derek J. Fox, O'Fallon, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A nose-tip assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a nose tip having a forward aerodynamic portion and a rearward shaft portion. The rearward shaft portion includes an exterior conical surface and an enlarged end region. An insert is formed from multiple pieces that are securable together to define an internal bore receiving the rearward shaft portion of the nose tip. The internal bore includes a throat sized smaller than the enlarged end region so that the enlarged end region is retained within the insert. An adapter defines a cavity having an interior conical surface that engages the exterior conical surface of the nose tip, and a receptacle that receives the insert.