Fitting with positive installation indicator assembly
AssigneeASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
InventorsJordan Cameron Belen, Matthew William McNamara, Jeffrey Brian Shaffer, Ronald Pound
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Abstract
A fitting includes a fitting body defining a hole; and an indicator assembly comprising a fastener extending through the hole, a first indicator mounted on the fastener, and a second indicator mounted on the fastener, the fastener defining a fastener axis; wherein the second indicator is axially in between the first indicator and the fitting body upon the fastener being oriented in a first position, and wherein the second indicator is radially inwardly or radially outwardly of the first indicator upon the fastener being oriented in a second position.
Claims18
A fitting comprising:
- a fitting body defining a hole and a cavity;
- and
- an indicator assembly comprising a fastener extending through the hole, a first indicator mounted on the fastener, and a second indicator mounted on the fastener, the fastener defining a fastener axis;
- wherein the second indicator is axially in between the first indicator and the fitting body upon the fastener being oriented in a first position, and wherein the second indicator is radially inwardly or radially outwardly of the first indicator upon the fastener being oriented in a second position;
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- wherein the cavity defines a cavity axis and the hole defines a hole axis, and wherein the hole axis of the hole is perpendicular to the cavity axis of the cavity.
A fitting comprising:
- a fitting body defining a hole and a cavity;
- and
- an indicator assembly comprising a fastener extending through the hole, a first indicator mounted on the fastener external to the hole, and a second indicator mounted on the fastener external to the hole, the fastener defining a fastener axis;
- wherein the second indicator is axially adjacent to the first indicator upon the fastener being oriented in a first position, and wherein the second indicator is pushed radially inward or radially outward of the first indicator by the fitting body upon the fastener being oriented in a second position;
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- wherein the cavity defines a cavity axis and the hole defines a hole axis, and wherein the hole axis of the hole is perpendicular to the cavity axis of the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.