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US 12,345,285 B2Granted
Clam shell insert utility
AssigneeThe Young Engineers, Inc.
InventorPatrick W. Wells
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Abstract
A honeycomb sandwich panel insert that includes a housing defined by two identical halves which when joined together form a distal flange having opposed potting holes, and a central internal bore. Each of the halves includes an integrally formed laterally extending member that when joined forms a tight closed distal end of said bore. A nut is disposed within the internal bore of the housing and configured to float therein.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a housing including:
- a first set of outer surfaces including a first outer surface that defines an opening of a cavity;
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- a set of inner surfaces including a first inner surface that faces the opening, and a second inner surface and a third inner surface that each face the first inner surface, wherein the first inner surface faces the second inner surface;
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- a nut positioned in the cavity, the nut including:
- a shaft portion including a first nut surface that faces the second inner surface;
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- a flange portion including a second nut surface that faces the third inner surface.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first housing portion of a housing, the first housing portion configured to mate with a second housing portion of the housing such that, when the first housing portion and the second housing portion are mated together:
- the housing includes:
- an outer surface defined by the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the outer surface defines an opening of a cavity of the housing;
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- a set of inner surfaces including a first inner surface that faces the opening, and a second inner surface and a third inner surface that each face the first inner surface, wherein the first inner surface faces the second inner surface;
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- a nut is positioned in the cavity, the nut including:
- a shaft portion including a first nut surface that faces the second inner surface;
- and
- a flange portion including a second nut surface that faces the third inner surface;
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- where, when the nut is positioned in the cavity, the nut is configured to receive a threaded component such that rotation of the threaded component to engage the nut causes the nut to apply a force on the housing in a direction towards the opening, the force distributed across the first nut surface and the second nut surface.
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A method comprising:
- providing a housing and a nut, the housing including a first portion of the housing coupled to a second portion of a housing, the housing defining an opening of a cavity of the housing, the nut positioned in the cavity and accessible via the opening defined by the housing, and the nut including a shaft portion including a first nut surface that faces the opening and a flange portion including a second nut surface that faces the opening, wherein the housing includes a first inner surface, a second inner surface that faces the first nut surface, and a third inner surface that faces the second nut surface, and wherein the first inner surface faces the second and third inner surfaces;
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- inserting a threaded component into the nut via the opening and rotating the threaded component to engage the threaded component with the nut;
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- where inserting and rotating the threaded component causes the nut to apply a force on the housing in a direction towards the opening, where the force is distributed across the first nut surface and the second nut surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.