Assembly to form a seal on a conduit
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsEric Wayne Burger, II, Korey James Harbke
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Abstract
An assembly to form a seal around a conduit. The assembly includes a mold with multiple sections that mate together to form a cavity that extends around the conduit. A retaining plate is configured to mount to the conduit and positioned in contact with the mold. A knuckle has a clamshell configuration with a first jaw and a second jaw that are pivotally connected together by a connector and movable between an open position and a closed position. A spring clip is positioned between the knuckle and the retaining plate with the spring clip configured to apply a force to maintain the retaining plate in contact with the mold.
Claims20
An assembly to form a seal around a conduit, the assembly comprising:
- a mold comprising multiple sections that mate together to form a cavity that extends around the conduit;
- a retaining plate configured to mount to the conduit and positioned in contact with the mold;
- a knuckle comprising a clamshell configuration with a first jaw and a second jaw that are pivotally connected together by a connector and movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a spring clip positioned between the knuckle and the retaining plate, the spring clip configured to apply a force to maintain the retaining plate in contact with the mold.
An assembly to form a seal around a conduit, the assembly comprising:
- a mold, a retaining plate, a spring clip, and a knuckle in a stacked configuration configured to be aligned axially along the conduit;
- wherein the mold comprises multiple sections configured to be connected together to extend around the conduit;
- wherein the retaining plate comprises a radial section and a lip that extends outward from an outer perimeter of the radial section, the lip configured to extend around a lateral side of the mold;
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- wherein the knuckle is configured to be moved between an open position with a central opening comprising an enlarged size to locate the knuckle at different axial positions along the conduit and a closed position with the central opening comprising a smaller size to lock the knuckle at one of the axial positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.