Aircraft joint
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsVernon Holmes, Rodney Evans, Stefanos Kosteletos
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Abstract
An aircraft joint between overlapping first and second components includes a fastener having a head and a shank, and a fastener retainer fixedly attached to the second component at the overlap region. The fastener retainer has a recess and a through hole. The fastener head is situated in the recess and between the fastener retainer and the second component. The fastener shank extends through the hole in the fastener retainer and into the first component to fasten the first component to the second component. The joint may be between an aircraft wing cover and a wing panel.
Claims14
A method of assembling an aircraft joint, the aircraft joint comprising:
- a first component;
- a second component;
- a fastener having a head and a shank, and;
- a fastener retainer having a recess and a through hole;
- the method comprising:
- inserting the fastener shank through the hole in the fastener retainer until the fastener head is situated in the recess in the fastener retainer;
- attaching the fastener retainer to the second component;
- positioning the second component having the fastener retainer attached thereto and with the fastener therein with respect to the first component so that the second component overlaps the first component at an overlap region and the fastener retainer is fixedly attached to the second component at the overlap region with the fastener head situated between the fastener retainer and the second component and the fastener shank extending into the first component;
- and then
- fastening the first component to the second component using the fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.