Aircraft Opening Plug and Installation Tool
AssigneeSerias-Lee, LLC
InventorsJames Hodges Van Dis, Ralph Samuel Jarvis, JR.
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Abstract
A cover for an opening on the exterior of an aircraft that contains a fire-resistant, high-temperature tolerant foam encased in a cover made of an aramid fabric. The cover is friction-fitted to the interior of the orifice. The cover can contain one or more durable rings embedded in the fire-resistant, high-temperature tolerant foam meant to protrude outward from the rest of the cover of the body to contact an interior of the orifice into which they are inserted holding the cover in place with friction instead of fasteners.
Claims18
A system for inserting and removing a plug from an opening in an aircraft comprising:
- a body with a cover made of a heat resistant material;
- a single stanchion extending through the body of the plug from a front surface of the body to a rear surface of the body;
- said stanchion having a first end that is attached to a first end plate, said first end plate being on an outside surface of the front surface of the body.
A system for inserting and removing a plug from an opening in an aircraft comprising:
- a body with a cover;
- said body having a shape that conforms to the inside surface of the opening;
- at least two stanchions each comprising an elongated rod-shaped structure;
- a first end plate attached to a front surface of the body and a second end plate attached to a second, opposing surface of the body;
- wherein the at least two stanchions extend through the body of the plug to attach to the first end plate and the second end plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.