LIMITER WITH INTEGRATED FASTENER RETENTION FOR AN ENGINE ASSEMBLY COMPONENT
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A fastener retention apparatus, comprising:
- a rigid limiter including an interior passage formed between a wider, head end and a narrower, tail end and an integrated fastener retention feature permanently fixed to an inner surface of the interior passage at the head end, the fastener retention feature comprising a compressible material, the fastener retention apparatus shaped to receive a fastener within the interior passage and through the fastener retention feature.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an engine component assembly having one or more fastener retention apparatuses. In one example, a system may include each of the one or more fastener retention apparatuses including a rigid limiter and an integrated fastener retention feature adhered to an inner surface of an interior passage of the rigid limiter. Further, one or more fasteners may be held captive by each of the one or more fastener retention apparatuses capturing one fastener of the one or more fasteners.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A fastener retention apparatus, comprising:
a rigid limiter including an interior passage formed between a wider, head end and a narrower, tail end and an integrated fastener retention feature permanently fixed to an inner surface of the interior passage at the head end, the fastener retention feature comprising a compressible material, the fastener retention apparatus shaped to receive a fastener within the interior passage and through the fastener retention feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
13. An assembly component for an engine, comprising:
-
a component including a surface including a plurality of apertures; a plurality of fastener retention apparatuses, each of the plurality of fastener retention apparatuses being identical and positioned within one corresponding aperture of the plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of fastener retention apparatuses comprising; a rigid limiter including a head end and body, the body fit within the corresponding aperture and the head end including a flange in face-sharing contact with the surface; and a compressible retention feature integrated with an inner surface of the rigid limiter, the compressible retention feature comprising a compressible material; and a plurality of fasteners, each fastener being identical and positioned within one corresponding fastener retention apparatus of the plurality of fastener retention apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A production method, comprising:
-
installing a plurality of fastener retention apparatuses within a plurality of apertures of a first engine component; inserting a plurality of fasteners into the plurality of fastener retention apparatuses, where each fastener is inserted through an interior passage of one of the plurality of fastener retention apparatuses, the interior passage formed by inner surfaces of a rigid limiter and a compressible retention feature integrally formed within the rigid limiter; shipping the first engine component, with the installed fastener retention apparatuses and fasteners, from a first assembly location to a second assembly location while maintaining each fastener within a corresponding fastener retention apparatus; and at the second assembly location, fastening the first engine component to a second engine component via the fasteners. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
-
Specification