Attachment system for thermal protection system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorKeith A. Etling
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Abstract
An attachment system for mounting a tile of a thermal protection system to a substructure includes a post assembly configured to interconnect the tile to the substructure. The post assembly may allow relative sliding movement between the tile and the substructure along a plane which is generally parallel to the tile. The attachment system facilitates installation and removal of the tile from the substructure for inspection, maintenance, and repair of the tile and/or the substructure.
Claims15
An attachment system for mounting a tile to a substructure, the attachment system comprising:
- at least one post assembly having a post axis and being configured to interconnect a tile to a substructure;
- the post assembly including a lower element, a center element, and an upper element being slidably engageable to one another and allowing relative translational sliding movement between each of the lower element, the center element and the upper element in non-parallel directions along a plane generally parallel to the tile;
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- a cord comprising a rope being configured to interconnect the tile to the upper element and transfer loads therebetween.
A vehicle having a substructure, the vehicle comprising:
- an attachment system configured to mount a tile to the substructure, the attachment system including:
- at least one post assembly interconnecting the tile to the substructure, the post assembly including a lower element, a center element, and an upper element being slidably engageable to one another and allowing relative translational sliding movement between each of the lower element, the center element and the upper element in non-parallel directions along a plane generally parallel to the tile;
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- a cord comprising a rope being configured to interconnect the tile to the upper element and transfer loads therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.