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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joey Wong, Enfield, CT (US);
Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/045 (2013.01); F16B 37/044 (2013.01); F16B 37/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nut plate fastener includes a basket and a nut. The basket includes a web that extends laterally between a plurality of lipped flanges. The web and the lipped flanges form a channel that extends longitudinally through the basket. The web includes a fastener aperture, with an elongated cross-sectional geometry, that extends vertically through the web. The nut is arranged within the channel and aligned longitudinally with the fastener aperture. The lipped flanges retain the nut laterally and vertically within the channel.