Fastener receptacle for a panel
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsHarold G. Erickson, Douglas A. Brown
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Abstract
A panel includes a core and a fastener receptacle extending into the core. The fastener receptacle has an internal hollow and an opening to the internal hollow. The opening is formed by a lip that can engage and structurally support a push-in fastener.
Claims12
A panel comprising:
- a core;
- a fastener receptacle extending into and affixed to the core, the fastener receptacle including a sleeve that forms a cylindrical cavity, a cap that closes one end of the sleeve, and an annular lip that forms and opening at an opposite end of the sleeve, the lip configured to engage and structurally support a push-in fastener, the opening have a smaller diameter than the cavity's inner diameter, the fastener receptacle further including an outward-extending flange spaced apart from and forming a gap with the cap, the flange including an opening for injecting an adhesive into the gap;
- and
- a plastic push-in fastener fastening to only the lip of the receptacle.
An aircraft interior panel comprising a honeycomb core, a skin covering a surface of the honeycomb core, a plurality of push-in fasteners, and a corresponding plurality of fastener receptacles, each receptacle extending through the skin and into the core, each receptacle affixed to the core, each receptacle including a smooth cylindrical cavity having a closed end, and an inwardly-extending annular lip spaced apart from the closed end, the annular lip forming an opening to the cavity, the opening having a smaller diameter than the cavity's diameter, each push-in fastener engaging only the lip of its corresponding receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.