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US 2017/0284448 A1Published application
Anti-rotation rivetless nut plate
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Randy Allan Southmayd
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for fastening structures. A first end of a body is placed into a hole on a first side of the structures. The body has an outer surface with a noncircular cross-section. A nut element is positioned on a flange at a second end of the body. A bolt is moved into a channel at the first end of the body towards the nut element on the flange on the second end of the body on the first side the structures. The bolt and the nut element are fastened to each other.
Claims20
A method of fastening structures using a body, a nut element, and a bolt, the method comprising:
- placing a first end of the body into a hole in the structures, wherein:
- the first end of the body is placed into the hole at a first side of the structures,
- the body comprises an outer surface, having a noncircular cross-section, and a channel at the first end of the body, and
- the noncircular cross-section of the body is placed into the hole in the structures;
- positioning the nut element on a flange of the body,
- wherein the flange is positioned at a second end of the body;
- moving the bolt into the channel of the body toward the nut element, while the nut element is positioned on the flange;
- and
- fastening the bolt and the nut element to each other,
- wherein the structures are fastened to each other once the bolt and the nut element are fastened together.
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