Fastener installation device
AssigneeMcDonnell Douglas Corporation
InventorsRobert O. Becker, Charles R. Nelson, Jr.
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AssigneeMcDonnell Douglas Corporation
InventorsRobert O. Becker, Charles R. Nelson, Jr.
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A jig for use in attaching a first part of a fastener assembly to a structural frame member having a fastener opening and at least one connector hole adjacent the fastener opening. The fastener assembly is of the type used for removably connecting a panel to the structural member. The first fastener part comprises a holder and a threaded stud retained in the holder. The holder has a flange having at least one opening formed therein and is adapted for permanent attachment to the structural member by a connector extending through the connector hole of the structural member and the opening in the holder. The jig comprises a body having a rotatable member with a head rotatably mounted in the body and a shank. The shank has threads matingly engageable with the threads on the stud of the first fastener part. The body is adapted to be positioned with the shank of the rotatable member extending through the fastener opening in the structural member for threaded engagement with the threaded stud of the first fastener part whereby rotation of the rotatable member pulls the holder into tight engagement with the structural member to hold the first fastener part in a position wherein the opening in the flange of the holder is aligned with the connector hole in the structural member for insertion of the connector through the aligned openings to attach the first fastener part to the structural member.
A jig for use in attaching a first part of a fastener assembly to a structural frame member configured to permanently receive a first part of the fastener assembly, said structural frame member having a fastener opening therein and at least one connector hole adjacent the fastener opening, the fastener assembly being of the type used for removably connecting a panel to the structural frame member, said panel having a second part of the fastener assembly attached thereto, the first part of the fastener assembly comprising a holder and a threaded stud retained in the holder, the holder having a flange at one end thereof having at least one opening formed therein, the holder being adapted for permanent attachment to an inner surface of the structural frame member by at least one connector extending through said connector hole of the frame member and the aligned opening in the flange of the holder, the jig comprising
A method of attaching a first part of a fastener assembly to a structural frame member having a fastener opening therein and at least one connector hole adjacent the fastener opening, the fastener assembly being of the type used to removably connect a panel to the structural frame member, said panel having a second part of the fastener assembly attached thereto, the first part of the fastener assembly comprising a holder, a threaded stud extending toward an open end of the holder, and a flange at the open end in the holder having at least one opening formed therein, the method comprising:
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