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US 9,427,853 B1Granted
Apparatus and method to torque fittings
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJames Eric Brodhead, Raymond L. Kroll, Brenda K. Carlson
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Abstract
Manufacturing systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, an apparatus to apply a predetermine torque to a fitting having a head and a nut engageable with the head is provided. The apparatus includes a driveshaft, configured to be arranged concentrically with an axis and to be rotatable about the axis, a first socket, configured to be arranged concentrically with the axis and to receive the head, and a second socket, configured to receive the nut and to be rotatable relative to the first socket by the driveshaft.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a driveshaft configured to be rotatable about an axis while the driveshaft is extended through a fitting and a workpiece;
- a first socket configured to be coupled to the driveshaft concentrically with the axis and to couple to a head of the fitting on a first side of the workpiece;
- and
- a second socket configured to couple to the driveshaft on a second side of the workpiece and to couple to a nut that can be engaged with the fitting on the second side of the workpiece, wherein the second socket is configured to be rotatable relative to the first socket by the driveshaft, and wherein the second side is opposite of the first side.
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A method comprising:
- inserting a driveshaft through a head of a fitting;
- engaging a first socket with the head on a first side of a workpiece, wherein the first socket is on the first side;
- coupling a second socket to the driveshaft;
- engaging the second socket with a nut engaged with the fitting on a second side of the workpiece, the second side opposite the first side, wherein the second socket is on the second side;
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- rotating the driveshaft and the second socket in a direction opposite to a threading direction of the fitting while preventing rotation of the first socket while the driveshaft extends through the fitting and the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.