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US 11,633,846 B2Granted
Ergonomic attachment for a ninety degree drill assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRyan L. Blake, Ryan D. Jennings
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Abstract
A removable attachment assembly for a ninety degree drill assembly, which includes a base member and a securement assembly secured to the base member for releasably securing the base member to a housing of the ninety degree drill assembly. The removable attachment assembly further includes a cushion member releasably securable to the base member.
Claims20
A removable attachment assembly for a ninety degree drill assembly including a housing, the removable attachment assembly comprising:
- a base member;
- a securement assembly secured to the base member for releasably securing the base member to the housing;
- a cushion member releasably securable to the base member, such that, with the cushion member secured to the base member and the base member secured to the housing, at least a portion of the base member and at least a portion of the cushion member are in an overlying relationship with a ninety degree offset portion of the housing and at least the portion of the base member and at least the portion of the cushion member are aligned with the ninety degree offset portion;
- the base member includes a projection which extends in a direction away from the securement assembly, wherein:
- the projection defines a rim which extends along a perimeter of the projection;
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- the projection includes a first tab that extends away from the rim on a first side of the projection and a second tab that extends away from the rim on a second opposing side of the projection;
- and
- the cushion member defines a first recess within the cushion member for receiving the projection within the cushion member and defines a second recess within the first recess for receiving the first tab within the second recess and for receiving the second tab within the second recess with positioning the projection within the first recess, wherein with the first tab positioned within the second recess and the second tab positioned within the second recess, an interference fit is created with a first portion of the cushion member positioned between the first tab and a bottom surface of the cushion member and with a second portion of the cushion member positioned between the second tab and the bottom surface of the cushion member.
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A method for installing a removable attachment assembly to a ninety degree drilling assembly, the method comprising:
- securing a base member to a housing of the ninety degree drilling assembly with a securement assembly, wherein:
- the securement assembly is secured to the base member;
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- a cushion member is secured to the base member such that the cushion member has a surface which faces in a direction away from the housing of the ninety degree drilling assembly, such that, with the cushion member secured to the base member and the base member secured to the housing, at least a portion of the base member and at least a portion of the cushion member are in an overlying relationship with a ninety degree offset housing portion of the ninety degree drill assembly and at least the portion of the base member and at least the portion of the cushion member are aligned with the ninety degree offset housing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.