SPACER AND GASKET ASSEMBLY FOR USE ON AN AIRCRAFT

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A spacer and gasket assembly for receipt between a static structure having a surface and fastener holes therethrough and a removable structure having a surface with fastener holes, the spacer and gasket assembly comprising:
a substantially non-compressible spacer having a spacer thickness; and a gasket having a sticky, deformable, pliable, elastomeric body, the gasket having an uncompressed gasket thickness greater than the spacer thickness; and a multiplicity of fasteners having a shaft with a shaft diameter, the fasteners adapted to apply a compression on the spacer and the gasket between the static structure and the removable structure;
wherein a sticky, elastomeric gel, for applications at the time the fasteners are used for coating at least part of some of the multiplicity of fasteners.