An assembly 1 includes an aircraft fuel tank 2, 3, a captive nut 10 with an internal thread, a secondary structure 4 and a fastener 9 which secures the secondary structure 4 to the fuel tank 2, 3. The fastener 9 has a shaft which passes through the secondary structure and has an external thread coupled to the internal thread of the captive nut 10. The fuel tank 2, 3 has a fuel tank element with a hole, and the captive nut 10 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.
Assembly with captive nut
2019-06-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | 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 / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |