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US 11,306,762 B2Granted
Barrel nut retainer from one-way installation guide
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorTimothy Gormley
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Abstract
An assembly is provided that includes a barrel nut, a barrel nut retainer and a fastener. The barrel nut includes a threaded aperture. The barrel nut retainer includes a one-way installation guide. The fastener is configured to thread into the threaded aperture. The fastener is further configured to pass through the threaded aperture and project into the one-way installation guide when the fastener is inserted into the barrel nut retainer along a first direction.
Claims17
An assembly, comprising:
- a barrel nut comprising a threaded aperture;
- a barrel nut retainer comprising a base and a one-way installation guide;
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- a fastener configured to thread into the threaded aperture, and the fastener further configured to pass through the threaded aperture and project into the one-way installation guide when the fastener is inserted into the barrel nut retainer along a first direction;
- wherein the one-way installation guide comprises a tab;
- wherein the tab comprises a base portion and an end portion connected to the base portion at a corner, and the end portion is angularly offset from the base portion by an acute included angle;
- wherein the base portion extends along a first trajectory from the base to the corner, and the first trajectory includes an axial component in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and a radial inward component;
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- wherein the end portion extends along a second trajectory from the corner to a distal end of the tab, and the second trajectory includes an axial component in the first direction, and a radial inward component.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a barrel nut comprising a threaded aperture;
- a barrel nut retainer abutted against the barrel nut, the barrel nut retainer comprising a tubular base and a tab connected to a sidewall of the tubular base, and the tab projecting into a port in the sidewall of the tubular base;
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- a fastener comprising a shank and a head, the shank threaded into the threaded aperture, and the shank projecting out from the head, through the threaded aperture, to a distal end portion of the shank that engages the tab;
- the distal end portion of the shank engaging the tab in an axial first direction;
- the tab comprising a base portion and an end portion connected to the base portion at a corner;
- the base portion extending along a first trajectory from the sidewall of the tubular base to the corner, and the first trajectory including an axial component in an axial second direction that is opposite the axial first direction, and a radial inward component;
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- the end portion angularly offset from the base portion by an acute included angle, the end portion extending along a second trajectory from the corner to a distal end of the tab, and the second trajectory including an axial component in the axial first direction, and a radial inward component.
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A coupling apparatus, comprising:
- a barrel nut retainer comprising a tubular sidewall, a first flange, a second flange and a tab;
- the tubular sidewall configured with a first port and a second port, the first port extending along an axis through the tubular sidewall at a first side of the tubular sidewall, and the second port extending along the axis through the tubular sidewall at a second side of the tubular sidewall;
- the first flange and the second flange projecting out from the first side of the tubular sidewall, and the first port located laterally between the first flange and the second flange;
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- the tab projecting into the second port from the tubular sidewall, the tab projecting out from the tubular sidewall along a first trajectory towards a distal end of the tab, and the first trajectory including an axial component in an axial direction towards the first port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.