Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Installation tool and method
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Application No.: US16367745Application Date: 2019-03-28
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Publication No.: US11811200B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Timothy Sanderson , Stuart Quayle
- Applicant: Airbus Operations Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB 05158 2018.03.29
- Main IPC: H02G1/08
- IPC: H02G1/08 ; H02G3/22 ; H02G1/06 ; B64F5/40 ; B64F5/10 ; B60P7/14 ; F16L41/12 ; F16L47/16 ; F16L47/20 ; B64D37/00 ; B64C1/10 ; B25B27/16 ; B25B27/14

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for installing an aircraft bulkhead connector with a bulkhead is disclosed where access to only one side of the bulkhead is required. The disclosure is also applicable to installation of bulkhead connectors in aircraft fuel tanks. An aircraft bulkhead connector and installation tool is also disclosed. The bulkhead connector includes a female end portion and the installation tool includes a male end portion. The male end portion of the installation tool is removably engaged with the female end portion of the bulkhead connector, such that the installation tool protrudes beyond the female end portion of the bulkhead connector. The installation tool may be inserted through an aperture in a bulkhead and used to both position and hold the bulkhead connector during the installation process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190305530A1 INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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