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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lowell Scott James, Marysville, WA (US);
Jeffry Glen Bickford, Federal Way, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/04 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 3/32 (2013.01); F16B 37/043 (2013.01); F16B 37/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft comprises a secondary support structure and a nut plate engaging the secondary support structure. The nut plate includes at least one locator protrusion engaging a mounting hole in the secondary support structure to constrain motion of the nut plate along the secondary support structure. The nut plate further includes means for additionally constraining motion of the nut plate away from the secondary support structure.