Plug locking assembly
First Claim
1. An assembly for closing off a cavity in a panel having an inner configuration with an opening leading therein and an opening at bottom through said panel comprising:
- a plug assembly having a main body portion having an outer configuration generally related to the configuration of at least the opening leading into said cavity;
a receptacle having a top, a bottom, and an inner hollow chamber therein with an opening at top leading into said chamber, said receptacle also having an opening at bottom aligned with both the opening at top of said receptacle and an opening at the bottom of said cavity through said panel;
a fastener extending through the opening at bottom of said receptacle and the opening at bottom of said cavity through said panel thereby holding said receptacle to said panel;
first locking means mounted in said plug assembly releasably locking to said receptacle; and
including second locking means fixedly locking said plug assembly to said receptacle.
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Abstract
A plug locking assembly for installation in an aircraft panel or the like. The plug assembly is coupled to a receptacle mounted in a recess in the panel. A spring biased detent locking mechanism is reciprocally mounted in the plug assembly movable from a first position wherein the detents of the detent locking mechanism are trapped in the plug assembly to a second position wherein the detents lock the plug assembly within a chamber in the receptacle. The upper surface of the plug assembly is flush with the upper surface of the panel and can be unlocked automatically therefrom.
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25 Claims
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1. An assembly for closing off a cavity in a panel having an inner configuration with an opening leading therein and an opening at bottom through said panel comprising:
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a plug assembly having a main body portion having an outer configuration generally related to the configuration of at least the opening leading into said cavity; a receptacle having a top, a bottom, and an inner hollow chamber therein with an opening at top leading into said chamber, said receptacle also having an opening at bottom aligned with both the opening at top of said receptacle and an opening at the bottom of said cavity through said panel; a fastener extending through the opening at bottom of said receptacle and the opening at bottom of said cavity through said panel thereby holding said receptacle to said panel; first locking means mounted in said plug assembly releasably locking to said receptacle; and including second locking means fixedly locking said plug assembly to said receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. In the assembly of claim 7 wherein said first locking means includes a plunger body having a first upper portion of a diameter conforming to the diameter of said passageway and a second lower portion of a diameter greater than said first upper portion disposed in a chamber in said main body portion below said passageway of a greater diameter than that of said passageway.
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15. An assembly for closing off a cavity in a panel having an inner configuration with an opening leading therein and an opening at bottom through said panel comprising:
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a plug assembly having a main body portion having an outer configuration generally related to the configuration of at least the opening leading into said cavity; a receptacle having a top, a bottom, and an inner hollow chamber therein with an opening at top leading into said chamber, said receptacle also having an opening at bottom aligned with both the opening at top of said receptacle and an opening at the bottom of said cavity through said panel; a fastener extending through the opening at bottom of said receptacle and the opening at bottom of said cavity through said panel thereby holding said receptacle to said panel; and a releasable locking means mounted in said plug assembly releasably locked to said receptacle, said releasable locking means comprising a spring biased detent assembly having a plurality of detents therein movable from a first position disposed internally of said releasable locking means to a second position extending out of said releasable locking means whereby, when said releasable locking means extends through the opening at top of said receptacle into the inner chamber thereof, said detents move to said second position extending out of said releasable locking means into the interior of said chamber locking said locking means to said receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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