US 12,110,107 B2
Injectable rib foot cleat
Benjamin Humphrys, Bristol (GB); Dave Gibbons, Bristol (GB); Carl Rice, Bristol (GB); James Powis, Bristol (GB); Martin Cribb, Bristol (GB); David Nathaniel Wilson, Bristol (GB); and Michael Reilly, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,256.
Claims priority of application No. 2102308 (GB), filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258849 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 3/24 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 3/187 (2013.01) [B64C 3/182 (2013.01); B64C 3/24 (2013.01); F16B 11/006 (2013.01); F16J 15/062 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rib foot cleat for sealing around a stringer passing through a rib mouse hole in an aircraft assembly, the rib foot cleat comprising:
a cleat body configured to attach to a rib at the rib mouse hole configured to be arranged over the stringer; and
an injection hole through the cleat body in fluid communication with the cleat channel and configured to allow a sealant material to be injected through the injection hole into the cleat channel for sealing around the stringer,
wherein the cleat body has an interior surface configured to face the stringer such that a cleat channel is defined between the interior surface and an outer surface of the stringer;
wherein the cleat channel is U-shaped in cross section and terminates at a first channel opening rim on first side of the cleat body and at a second channel opening rim on a second side of the cleat body which is opposite the first side,
wherein the cleat body includes at least one channel lip extending beyond the interior surface towards the stringer and extending at least partially around the interior surface defining the cleat channel, and
wherein the at least one channel lip is adjacent the first and/or second channel opening rim.