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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Jack S. Noble, Shoreline, WA (US);
Gary D. Oakes, Renton, WA (US);
James Miller Wheaton, Collierville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jack S. Noble, Shoreline, WA (US);
Gary D. Oakes, Renton, WA (US);
James Miller Wheaton, Collierville, TN (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64D 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/1446 (2013.01); B64D 29/08 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01);
Abstract
A device is used to plug an opening in a structure having a front side and a back side. The device includes a removable plug body for plugging the opening, and a retainer that is expandable into engagement with the back side of the structure to retain the plug in the opening. Means coupled with the retainer and the plug is provided for expanding the retainer.