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US 12,372,112 B2Granted
Barrel nut positioning frame
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorWilliam Tulloch
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Abstract
A barrel nut positioning frame for maintaining a barrel nut in a desired position in a bore of a component is disclosed having a frame body configured to receive a barrel nut therein, the frame body being adapted to fit, together with a received barrel nut, within a bore, and a bore engagement element configured to engage with a positioning feature in the bore so as to restrict movement of the frame within the bore.
Claims15
A barrel nut assembly, comprising:
- a barrel nut;
- and
- a barrel nut positioning frame for maintaining the barrel nut in a desired position in a bore of a component, the frame comprising:
- a frame body configured to receive a barrel nut therein, the frame body being adapted to fit, together with the received barrel nut, within a bore;
- and
- a bore engagement element configured to engage with a positioning feature in the bore so as to restrict movement of the frame within the bore,
- wherein the frame body comprises a pair of circumferential prongs extending at least partially around an outside circumference of the barrel nut, and
- wherein the frame body comprises a spine extending longitudinally along a length of the barrel nut between the two pairs of circumferential prongs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.