Restraining plug
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorUtah Moffett
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A plug assembly for plugging one or more ports of a gas turbine engine, the plug assembly including: a sheath including: an inner end; an outer end located opposite the inner end; and a sheath through-passage extending from the outer end to the inner end; a connector body passing through the sheath through-passage, the connector body comprising a rotatable joint; a cover operably connected to the connector body via the rotatable joint; a biasing mechanism configured to apply a force to the connector body; and a top housing comprising a bottom end and a connector passageway extending from the bottom end a top end of the top housing, wherein the biasing mechanism abuts the bottom end or is located in the cavity at the bottom end, and wherein the connector body passes through the connector passageway.
Claims10
A plug assembly for plugging one or more ports of a gas turbine engine, the plug assembly comprising:
- a sheath comprising:
- an inner end;
- an outer end located opposite the inner end;
- and
- a sheath through-passage extending from the outer end to the inner end;
- a connector body passing through the sheath through-passage, the connector body comprising a rotatable joint;
- a cover operably connected to the connector body via the rotatable joint;
- a biasing mechanism configured to apply a force to the connector body;
- and
- a top housing that is slid over the biasing mechanism such than an upper end of the connector body projects past a top end of the top housing, the top housing also comprising a bottom end and a connector passageway extending from the bottom end to the top end of the top housing, wherein the biasing mechanism abuts the bottom end or is located in a cavity at the bottom end, and wherein the connector body passes through the connector passageway;
- and
- a locking pin inserted into a locking pin through-passage in the upper end of the connector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.