Liquid shim adhesive injection tool
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsJoseph W. Mencel, Jr., Jordash Shane Garraway, Karl M. Sweeten
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Abstract
A tool for installing a liquid shim material into a clearance formed between an assembly first and second component includes a body having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a planar surface and the second end includes a first surface and a second surface arranged at an angle to the first end and to one another. At least one hole is formed in the body. The at least one hole extends from the first end to the second end and is configured to provide a passageway through the body. The tool is arranged adjacent the assembled first and second component such that the passageway formed by the at least one hole is arranged in fluid communication with the clearance.
Claims11
A tool for installing a liquid shim material into a clearance formed between an assembled first component and second component, comprising:
- a body having a first end and a second end, the first end includes a planar surface, the second end includes a first surface and a second surface arranged at an angle to the first end and to one another;
- and
- at least one hole formed in the body, the at least one hole extending from the first end to the second end and being configured to provide a passageway for the through the body, wherein when the tool is arranged adjacent the assembled first and second component, the passageway formed by the at least one hole is arranged in fluid communication with the clearance.
A method of installing a liquid shim material into a clearance formed between an assembled first component and second component, the method comprising:
- installing a tool adjacent an interface between the first component and the second component, the tool including at least one hole configured to provide a passageway there through, wherein the passageway is arranged in fluid communication with the clearance;
- inserting an injector nozzle into the at least one hole;
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- directing a supply of liquid shim material through the passageway and into the clearance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.