Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Having means to facilitate assembly and disassembly of hinge...
Patent
1996-08-08
1999-02-02
Mah, Chuck Y.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Having means to facilitate assembly and disassembly of hinge...
16239, E05D 710, E05D 706
Patent
active
058649220
ABSTRACT:
A hinge (50) for a panel (26) allows movement of the panel (26) between a closed position inside a framed opening and an open position away from the opening. In an exemplary embodiment, the hinge (50) is used to attach a fan cowl panel (26) to a jet engine (20). To prevent loading the hinge (56) in an axial direction when the panel (26) is in the closed position, the panel (26) is movable axially along the hinge line (66). In the past this has resulted in the fan cowl panel (26) being misaligned during closure between the inlet cowl panel (22) and the thrust reverser cowl panel (24) resulting in damage to the fan cowl panel (26) and surrounding structure. The hinge (50) of the present invention automatically aligns a V-blade (38) of the fan cowl panel (26) with a V-groove (40) of the inlet cowl panel (22) during closure of the fan cowl panel (56) in order to overcome this misalignment problem.
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Mah Chuck Y.
Sproule Robert H.
The Boeing Company
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