Portable Wand Systems and Methods of Using the Same to Indicate and Verify Surface Treatment Applications

    公开(公告)号:US20220152240A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17515313

    申请日:2021-10-29

    Abstract: There is provided a portable wand system having a wand applicator, a wand controller subsystem, a selector assembly, an indicator element, and a power assembly. The wand controller subsystem includes a computer program, and a memory unit storing paths learned and recorded during a learn mode, by an operator manually moving the wand applicator. The paths include desired paths in stay-in zones to be surface treated, and include stay-out zone paths in, or near, stay-out zones to be avoided. The portable wand system is used in an operation mode to measure the operator manually moving the wand applicator in operation paths, based on the desired paths. For a selected stay-in zone, the portable wand system compares the operation path to the desired path, and indicates when the operation path deviates from the desired path, and when the wand applicator is in proximity to, and oriented towards, the stay-out zones.

    SWAGING FEATURES THAT LOCK RETAINING ELEMENTS FOR BEARINGS
    3.
    发明申请
    SWAGING FEATURES THAT LOCK RETAINING ELEMENTS FOR BEARINGS 有权
    锁定特征用于轴承的保持元件

    公开(公告)号:US20150198204A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-16

    申请号:US14154032

    申请日:2014-01-13

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for locking retaining elements in place. One embodiment is a bearing having an outer race. The race has a first end and a second end. The race includes a flange on the first end that is able to mate with a housing, and the race also includes an annular threaded portion on the second end. The threaded portion receives an annular threaded retaining element that mates with the housing. The race additionally includes an annular protrusion on the second end, concentric with the threaded portion, that is able to be swaged, thereby increasing a diameter of the protrusion to overlap the threaded portion.

    Abstract translation: 提供了用于将保持元件锁定就位的装置和方法。 一个实施例是具有外圈的轴承。 比赛有一个第一和第二个结局。 该比赛包括能够与壳体配合的第一端上的凸缘,并且该座圈还包括在第二端上的环形螺纹部分。 螺纹部分接收与壳体配合的环形螺纹保持元件。 赛道另外包括在第二端上的与螺纹部分同心的环形突起,其能够被锻造,从而增加突起的直径以与螺纹部分重叠。

    Actuator having an internal conductive path

    公开(公告)号:US10995776B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16577033

    申请日:2019-09-20

    Abstract: An actuator includes a piston and a housing. The piston includes a piston shaft that is configured to reciprocate within a chamber of the housing. The actuator includes a gland electrically coupled to the housing. The gland forms at least a portion of a first end of the chamber. The actuator also includes a first conductor positioned in the chamber. The first conductor is coupled to the gland and to a first side of the piston to electrically couple the piston to the housing.

    Fluid-tight mechanical fastening system and associated structural assembly

    公开(公告)号:US10329008B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15191819

    申请日:2016-06-24

    Abstract: A structural assembly including a first member having an external side and an internal side, the first member defining a first member through-bore, a second member having an external side and an internal side, the second member defining a second member through-bore aligned with the first member through-bore, and a mechanical fastening system including a bushing at least partially received in the first member through-bore, the bushing defining a bushing through-bore and including a flange, wherein the flange is positioned in a gap between the internal side of the first member and the external side of the second member, a nut plate connected to the internal side of the second member, the nut plate defining a clearance bore aligned with the second member through-bore and the bushing through-bore, the nut plate including a nut, and a bolt extending through the bushing through-bore and into threaded engagement with the nut.

    Methods and apparatus for detecting airflow control surface skew conditions

    公开(公告)号:US10137999B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-27

    申请号:US15474261

    申请日:2017-03-30

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting airflow control surface skew conditions are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an aircraft wing, a support linkage, and a flap coupled to the aircraft wing via the support linkage. The example apparatus includes a sensor coupled to the flap at a location proximate to the support linkage. The sensor is configured to generate vibration data for the location. The example apparatus includes a detector communicatively coupled to the sensor. The detector is to detect a skew condition of the flap based on the vibration data.

    Sliding adjustable toggle clamp
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10556266B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US16351216

    申请日:2019-03-12

    Abstract: A tool including a pair of rails is attachable to the inside surface of the skin panel. A housing is pivotally and slidably connected between the pair of rails. The housing is pivotable about a first axis and is slidable along grooves in the pair of rails. The housing has a first end and a second end opposite each other. The tool includes a rod having a third end and a fourth end, the third end attached to and extending from the first end of the housing. The tool also includes a pressure foot attached to the fourth end of the housing. The pressure foot includes a curved ankle integrally formed with a flat flange, the curved ankle curving into the flat flange. The pressure foot is configured to apply pressure along a portion of the inside surface of the skin panel when the housing is in a vertical position.

    Sliding adjustable toggle clamp
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10265760B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15236139

    申请日:2016-08-12

    Abstract: A tool including a pair of rails is attachable to the inside surface of the skin panel. A housing is pivotally and slidably connected between the pair of rails. The housing is pivotable about a first axis and is slidable along grooves in the pair of rails. The housing has a first end and a second end opposite each other. The tool includes a rod having a third end and a fourth end, the third end attached to and extending from the first end of the housing. The tool also includes a pressure foot attached to the fourth end of the housing. The pressure foot includes a curved ankle integrally formed with a flat flange, the curved ankle curving into the flat flange. The pressure foot is configured to apply pressure along a portion of the inside surface of the skin panel when the housing is in a vertical position.

    TIE-ROD WITH A SWIVEL END
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220316521A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17700663

    申请日:2022-03-22

    Abstract: A tie-rod with a swivel tie-rod end includes a tie-rod central rod and a first tie-rod end including a swivel joint. The first tie-rod end is connected to the tie-rod central rod by the swivel joint. The swivel joint is operable to enable rotation of the first tie-rod end with respect to the tie-rod central rod while maintaining a common longitudinal axis between the first tie-rod end and the tie-rod central rod. The tie-rod further includes a second tie-rod end connected to the tie-rod central rod.

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