Spacer and gasket assembly for use on an aircraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9671023
APP PUB NO 20150252903A1
SERIAL NO

14698416

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A spacer and gasket assembly is shown for receipt between a static structure having a surface and fastener holes therethrough and a removable structure having a surface and fastener holes. The static structure and removable structure are engaged through a multiplicity of fasteners having a shaft diameter. The fasteners are adapted to apply a compression on the gasket between the static structure and the removable structure. The static structure and the removable structure have opposed, typically flat, facing surfaces. The spacer and gasket assembly comprising a substantially non-compressible spacer adapted for receipt between the static structure and the removable structure having a spacer thickness. A gasket has a sticky, deformable, flowable, elastomeric body and a skeleton having a skeleton thickness, the skeleton substantially integral with the body. The gasket has an uncompressed gasket thickness. The spacer and the gasket are adapted to be placed substantially between the facing walls of the static structure and the removable structure and the removable structure will compress and deform the gasket when the fasteners are torqued down.

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THE PATENT WELL LLC3215 W LOOP 820 S FORT WORTH TX 76116

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boyd, Matt Fort Worth, US 52 160
Busby, Jeff Millsap, US 56 336
Schmidt, David Egg Harbor Township, US 108 716

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