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US 2010/0166523 A1Published application
Nut plate integral epoxy filled sleeve
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsPATRICK ROOSA, NORMAN AUSTIN, EDWARD CLAUDE RICE
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Abstract
A system includes a nut plate and a polymer sleeve passing through the nut plate. The polymer sleeve contains adhesive for attachment of the nut plate to a substrate. The interior of the sleeve includes an epoxy and a catalyzing agent initially separated from one another, but mixed by kneading the sleeve. A portion of the sleeve can be used to apply the adhesive to a bottom surface of the nut plate.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a nut having an internally threaded opening;
- a basket attached to the nut, the basket having an access opening that at least partially overlaps the threaded opening of the nut;
- and
- a sleeve extending through the opening of the nut and the access opening of the basket, the sleeve having an at least partially hollow interior including an adhesive.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a nut, a plate attached to the nut, and a sleeve passing through an aligned pair of openings in the nut and the plate, the sleeve having an at least partially hollow interior that contains an adhesive.
A method of attaching a nut plate to a substrate, comprising:
- providing a threaded nut with a basket at a lower end of the threaded nut and a sleeve extending through the threaded nut and the basket, wherein the sleeve has a two part adhesive separated within an at least partially hollow interior of the sleeve;
- squeezing the sleeve to mix the two parts of the adhesive;
- removing a portion of the sleeve containing a mixture of the two part adhesive;
- using the portion of the sleeve to dispense the mixture of the two part adhesive to the basket;
- and
- contacting the basket to the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.