Fastener receptacle strip
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJames Wilson, Paul Hadley, John Gleave
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Abstract
A structural assembly comprising a first component having a ramped surface, and a fastener assembly for fastening the first component to a second component, the fastener assembly including a receptacle strip of resiliently deformable material attached to the ramped surface of the first component so as to assume the contour of the ramped surface, and a plurality of fastener receptacles attached to the receptacle strip for receiving respective fasteners. Also, a method of fastening a first component to a second component using the fastener assembly.
Claims20
1-20. (canceled)
A structural assembly comprising a first component, a second component, and a fastener assembly fastening the first component to the second component, the first component having a ramped surface formed by at least two regions inclined with respect to each other in a first direction, the ramped surface is associated with a variation in structural thickness in the first component in the first direction, the fastener assembly including a receptacle strip of resiliently deformable material extending in the first direction and attached to the ramped surface of the first component so as to assume the contour of the ramped surface, and a plurality of fasteners passing through the first and second components and into a plurality of respective fastener receptacles attached to the receptacle strip.
A method of fastening a first component to a second component, the method comprising:
- providing a first component having a ramped surface formed by at least two regions inclined with respect to each other in a first direction, the ramped surface is associated with a variation in structural thickness in the first component in the first direction;
- providing a fastener assembly including a receptacle strip of resiliently deformable material and a plurality of fastener receptacles attached to the receptacle strip;
- attaching the receptacle strip to the ramped surface of the first component such that it extends in the first direction and assumes the contour of the ramped surface;
- and
- installing fasteners through the first and second components and into the respective fastener receptacles so as to fasten the first 5 component to the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.