An assembly with an aircraft fuel tank; a captive nut with an internal thread; a secondary structure; and a fastener which secures the secondary structure to the fuel tank. The fastener has a shaft which passes through the secondary structure and has an external thread coupled to the internal thread of the captive nut. The fuel tank has a fuel tank element with a hole, and the captive nut has a sleeve which is located in the hole with an interference fit between an outer surface of the sleeve and an inner surface of the wall of the hole, wherein the fuel tank comprises a fuel tank wall, the fuel tank element is a fitting which is inside the fuel tank and carried by the fuel tank wall, and the shaft passes through the secondary structure and the fuel tank wall.


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    Title :

    ASSEMBLY WITH CAPTIVE NUT


    Additional title:

    ANORDNUNG MIT EINSCHLAGMUTTER
    ENSEMBLE COMPORTANT UN ÉCROU CAPTIF


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-10-04


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile



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