WO2012118855A2 - Insulated and sealed cap assembly for a fastener component - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- B64D45/00—Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for
- B64D45/02—Lightning protectors; Static dischargers
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- This invention relates generally to an insulated and sealed cap for use with a fastener component or the like passed through an opening formed in a selected substrate, to seal and protect the fastener component and/or the substrate opening against contact with and/or leakage of fluids contained within the substrate, or to safeguard system components and/or fluids contained within the substrate against damage attributable to electrical discharges and the like associated with the fastener component. More particularly, this invention relates to an improved insulated and sealed cap and related method of use wherein a relatively rigid or sturdy yet lightweight sealed cap is mounted onto the substrate in a position over a fastener component and related substrate opening.
- Fastener components such as nuts and bolts are commonly mounted onto a substrate such as the skin of an aircraft or the like in association with a substrate opening.
- such fastener components typically comprise a nut or nutplate at one side of a substrate opening adapted to receive a threaded bolt or the like therethrough for anchored engagement with the nut or nutplate.
- system components such as electronic devices are often disposed on one side of the substrate, such as internal system components mounted within an aircraft fuselage.
- the substrate commonly comprises a wing structure or the like defining one wall of an aircraft fuel tank containing corrosive and volatile aircraft fuel and perhaps some water.
- an insulated, sealed cap for overlying and protecting a fastener component or the like on a selected substrate in association with a substrate opening.
- the sealed cap includes an outer cap component filled partially with a selected sealant material and assembled with an inner collet sized and shaped to fit relatively loosely but
- the outer cap component is then displaced toward the substrate to extrude the sealant material into a thin and substantially uniform insulation layer joined with an extruded outer bead on the substrate, and then permitted to cure. Tapered ribs on the inner collet effectively lock with the outer cap component during sealant material curing and subsequently.
- the outer cap component is partially filled with a metered quantity of the selected sealant material, followed by nested assembly of the inner collet into the outer cap component.
- the assembled insulated cap can be installed
- the assembled insulated cap can be chilled and preferably frozen to prevent immediate curing of the sealant material until time for use.
- the frozen insulated cap with the sealant material therein is thawed and preferably heated slightly before use.
- the assembled insulated cap is fitted over the fastener component such as a nut or a nutplate adapted to receive a threaded bolt or the like passed through the substrate opening, with an inboard edge of an inner collet side wall landing in seated and substantially sealed relation onto the substrate in a position circumscribing the fastener component and associated substrate opening.
- the fit between the inner collet of the assembled cap and the fastener component is preferably a slip fit.
- the sealant material remains primarily within a space between closed end walls of the outer cap component and the inner collet.
- the outer cap component is then pressed downwardly, or in a direction toward the substrate, to extrude the sealant material between the outer cap component and the inner collet in a direction toward the substrate.
- the outer cap component and the inner collet are preferably formed from a relatively rigid or sturdy, and preferably nonmetallic material such as a selected and relatively lightweight molded plastic or fiber composite or the like.
- These interfitting structures each define a substantially closed end wall joined with a side wall such as a generally cylindrical side wall having a selected and preferably matching taper.
- Tapered lock ribs are formed between these two interfitted components, such as external ribs formed on the inner collet to extend from the inner collet inboard edge over about 1 ⁇ 2 of the side wall height, for effectively locking the interfitted components together while maintaining a desired yet relatively thin or uniform spacing between the component side walls.
- the metered quantity of sealant material is selected so that as an inboard edge of the outer cap component lands on the substrate, said inboard edge of the outer cap component contact and seals with a bead of the extruded sealant material.
- this extruded bead provides an effective seal between the outer cap component and the substrate, regardless of the specific substrate geometry. That is, the substrate geometry may require this extruded bead to be thicker in some areas than in others.
- the resultant insulated cap assembly installed onto the substrate in surrounding relation with the fastener component thus provides a substantially effective yet relatively thin and lightweight insulative seal to overlie and protect the fastener component and associated substrate opening. That is, the sealed cap presents a relatively sturdy cap construction constructed from a lightweight molded plastic or the like having sufficient structural rigidity to withstand typical maintenance procedures without puncture and/or damage which might otherwise undesirably interfere with the desirable insulative and sealed functions. Similarly, the sealed cap insulates the system components and/or fluids on the opposite side of the sealed cap against potential damage to attributable to electrical discharges and the like at the fastener component and/or through the substrate opening.
- one of the outer cap component and the inner collet can be constructed from an at least partially electrically conductive material to define a Faraday shield separating the fastener component from internal aircraft components and/or the aircraft fuel supply.
- FIGURE 1 is an exploded perspective view depicting an outer cap component and an inner collet of an insulated and sealed cap for mounting onto a selected substrate to overlie and protect a fastener component or the like;
- FIGURE 2 is an inverted and fragmented perspective view showing partial filling of the outer cap component thereof with a metered quantity of a curable sealant material;
- FIGURE 3 is an inverted perspective view showing the outer cap component in assembled relation with the inner collet;
- FIGURE 4 is a perspective view depicting placement of the insulated and sealed cap of FIGS. 1 and 3 over a fastener component previously installed onto the substrate;
- FIGURE 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing initial placement of the insulated and sealed cap onto a substrate, with the inner collet positioned over a nut or other fastener component;
- FIGURE 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view similar to FIG. 5, and illustrating advancement of the outer cap component in a downward direction toward the substrate relative to the inner collet to extrude the sealant material therebetween;
- FIGURE 7 is an enlarged vertical sectional view similar to FIGS. 5 and 6, but depicting final extruded displacement of the sealant material for protectively overlying and sealing the nut or other fastener component on the substrate;
- FIGURE 8 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 4, but showing the insulated and protective cap installed onto the substrate in protective relation over the nut or other fastener component.
- an insulated and sealed cap referred to generally in FIGURES 1 and 3-8 by the reference numeral 10 is provided for insulating and sealing a fastener component 12 such as the illustrative nut shown in FIGS. 1 and 4-7 mounted at one side of a selected substrate 14.
- This fastener component 12 is commonly associated with an opening or passage 16 (FIGS. 1 and 5-7) formed in the substrate 14 through which a threaded bolt 18 or the like is commonly fitted for threaded assembly with the nut 12.
- the insulated and sealed cap 10 of the present invention overlies and protects the fastener component 12 and the substrate opening 16 against undesirable damage to the fastener component 12 attributable to contact with system components (not shown) and/or with fluids (also not shown) on the fastener component side of the substrate 14.
- the insulated and sealed cap 10 of the present invention beneficially protects the system components and/or fluids against damage attributable to the presence of the typically metallic fastener component 12, such as electrical discharges and the like.
- These bidirectional insulating and sealing functions are advantageously provided by the cap 10 in a lightweight but sturdy cap construction that is conducive to quick and easy mounting onto the substrate 14.
- the insulated and sealed cap 10 of the present invention comprises an outer cap component 20 having a preferred, generally hat- shaped configuration to include a substantially closed top end wall 22 joined to a depending side wall 24 which in turn has a generally open lower edge 26 defined by an outwardly radiating lower flange 28.
- This outer cap component 20 is initially and partially filled with a metered quantity of a selected and uncured but curable sealant or adhesive material 30 by means of a suitable dispenser 32 (FIG. 2). While a manual dispenser 32 is shown in FIG. 2, persons skilled in the art will understand that a succession of the outer cap components 20 may be partially filled with the desired metered quantity of the selected sealant material by means of an automated dispenser, if desired.
- One preferred sealant material comprises a polysulfide sealant.
- An exemplary sealant material is available from PPG Aerospace, division of PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA, under product designation PR 1440.
- An alternative exemplary sealant material is available from the same company under product designation PR 1422.
- FIGS. 1 and 3 show the collet 34 to include a plurality of typically at least three equiangularly spaced internal or inwardly radiating ribs 42, and a plurality of external lock ribs 44 projecting radially outwardly therefrom over at least about the lower 1 ⁇ 2 of the height of the associated side wall 38 from the lower free edge 40.
- these lock ribs 44 have a downwardly (toward the lower free edge 40) expanding taper on the order of about 1- 3 degrees.
- the inner collet 34 has a slightly tapered side wall shape for substantially nested but relatively close slide-fit reception into a matingly tapered side wall 24 of the outer cap component 20, with the respective end walls 22, 36 in adjacent albeit spaced relation (shown best in FIG. 5).
- the outer lock ribs 44 of the inner collet 34 are engaged but not locked with the outer cap component 20.
- the lower or free edge 40 of the inner collet 34 is axially spaced below the lower edge 26 and flange 28 of the outer cap component 20.
- the metered quantity of sealant material 30 fills the space between the end walls 22, 36 of the outer cap component 20 and the inner collet 34, and partially fills the narrow radial space between the respective side walls 24, 38 (FIG. 5).
- a leading annular edge 46 of the sealant material 30, in this position is retracted as viewed in FIG. 5 from the lower edge 26 and related flange 28 of the outer cap component 20, so that physical contact with the uncured sealant material 30 is not possible.
- the cap 10 can be employed immediately (as will be described herein), or alternately the cap 10 with the uncured sealant material 30 can be chilled and preferably frozen to prevent curing of the sealant material 30 until the cap 10 is ready for installation.
- the cap 10 is preferably frozen for shipment and/or storage preparatory to use.
- the frozen cap 10 with frozen sealant material 30 therein is thawed preferably by short heating in a microwave oven or the like to melt the sealant material 30 and permit curing thereof.
- the assembled insulated and sealed cap 10 is placed onto the fastener component 12, such as the illustrative nut, with the lower free edge 40 of the inner collet 34 substantially seated and substantially sealed upon the substrate 14 in circumscribing relation but with a slip fit relative to the fastener component 12.
- FIGS. 1 and 4-5 show this fastener component 12 in the form of a nut having a generally circular base segment 48 for suitable engagement with the internal collet ribs 42 to prevent easy rotation of the cap 10 relative to the fastener component 12.
- the fastener component 12 may take other known forms, such as a standard nut lacking the cylindrical base 48, a nutplate mounted onto the substrate 14, etc.
- this bead 52 can be of a varying geometric shape to accommodate fillets and the like formed in a substrate 14 of complex geometry. That is, the specific size and/or height of this bead 52 can be larger on one side of the fastener component 12 than on the other or opposite side.
- FIG. 8 shows the protective cap 10 of the present invention in insulated and sealed mounting relation onto the substrate 14, in a position covering the underlying fastener component (not shown in FIG. 8) and related access opening (also not shown in FIG. 8) formed in the substrate 14.
- the cap 10 functions to effectively insulate and seal the fastener component or components 12 from potential damage due to system components (not shown) or fluids (also not shown) on the cap side of the substrate 14.
- the cap 10 functions to effectively insulate and seal any system components and/or fluids at the illustrated cap side of the substrate 14 from potential damage attributable to events and/or structures (not shown) located at the opposite side of the substrate 14 and/or the fastener component or components 12 associated with the substrate access opening 16.
- the insulated and sealed cap 10 provides a substantially effective yet relatively thin and lightweight insulative seal to overlie and protect the fastener component or components and associated substrate opening. That is, the sealed cap presents a relatively sturdy cap construction constructed from a lightweight molded plastic or the like having sufficient structural rigidity to withstand typical maintenance procedures without puncture and/or damage which might otherwise undesirably interfere with the desirable insulative and sealed functions.
- one of the outer cap component 20 and the inner collet 34 such as the inner collet 34, can be constructed from an at least partially electrically conductive material, such as an at least partially metallic material, to define a Faraday shield separating the fastener component from internal aircraft components and/or the aircraft fuel supply.
- interfitting side walls 24, 36 of the outer cap component 20 and the inner collet 34 may be of any selected shape, including but not limited to a noncircular shape suitable to fit nonrotationally over a fastener component 12, and/or an elongated shape such as an oval suitable to fit over multiple closely spaced fastener components. Accordingly, no limitation on the invention is intended by way of the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, except at set forth in the appended claims.
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