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US 10,239,466 B2Granted
Avionics display fastener assembly
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorMark Woodworth Campbell
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Abstract
A fastener assembly for aircraft cockpit electronics can include a spring locking quarter turn fastener, where a head of the fastener can be positioned on a non-display side of the assembly, and a thread of the fastener can extend to a display side of the assembly. The fastener assembly can additionally include a spring assembly and mounting hardware.
Claims18
A fastener assembly for cockpit electronics, comprising:
- a spring locking quarter turn fastener having a head on a non-display side of the assembly and a thread extending to a display side of the assembly, the spring locking quarter turn fastener is a quarter turn line fastener configured to mount to a cockpit rail;
- a spring assembly including at least two leaf springs in a stacked configuration moveably coupled about at least a portion of the thread;
- mounting hardware configured to secure the spring assembly to the thread;
- and
- a bushing located about at least a portion of the spring locking quarter turn fastener and configured to space the spring assembly from a mounting flange of the cockpit electronics;
- wherein flexion of the spring assembly is configured to allow a vertical displacement of the spring locking quarter turn fastener.
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An avionics display assembly, comprising:
- a frame assembly including a mounting flange;
- a touch screen display operably coupled to the frame assembly;
- and
- at least one fastener assembly, comprising:
- a spring locking quarter turn fastener in the form of a quarter turn line fastener configured to mount to a cockpit rail, the spring locking quarter turn fastener having a head on a non-display side of the assembly and a thread extending to a display side of the assembly;
- a spring assembly including at least two leaf springs in a stacked configuration moveably coupled about at least a portion of the thread;
- mounting hardware configured to secure the spring assembly to the thread;
- and
- a bushing located about at least a portion of the spring locking quarter turn fastener and configured to space the spring assembly from a mounting flange of the cockpit electronics;
- wherein flexion of the spring assembly is configured to allow a vertical displacement of the spring locking quarter turn fastener.
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An avionics display assembly, comprising:
- a frame assembly including a mounting flange having at least one opening and defining a display side and a non-display side;
- a display screen operably coupled to the frame assembly;
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- a set of fastener assemblies, comprising:
- a spring locking quarter turn fastener in the form of a quarter turn line fastener configured to mount to a cockpit rail, the spring locking quarter turn fastener having a head located on the non-display side and a threaded portion extending through the at least one opening to the display side;
- a spring assembly including at least two leaf springs in a stacked configuration moveably coupled about at least a portion of the thread on the display side;
- a bushing located about at least a portion of the spring locking quarter turn fastener between the mounting flange and the spring assembly;
- and
- mounting hardware configured to secure the spring assembly to the thread;
- wherein flexion of the spring assembly is configured to allow a vertical displacement of the spring locking quarter turn fastener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.