Apparatus and method for remote fastener installation

摘要

A tool configured to install and torque multiple fasteners, such as nuts and/or bolts, positioned in confined and/or hard to reach areas. The tool includes a body portion, a plurality of fastener retainers, and a structure which permits both the remote tightening and torquing of such fasters. The tool also provides an actuator for the remote release of torque loads which may build up in the fastener retainers during such torquing of the fasteners. The actuator includes a lever arm pivotally connected to the body portion and a cam that is rotatable between a first position and a second position. A linkage is engaged by the cam and urges the lever arm to a torquing position upon the cam being in the first position and to a torque release position upon the cam being in the second position.

主权项

1. A tool for torquing fasteners, comprising:
a plurality of fastener structures, each configured to engage one of said fasteners; an actuator operatively engageable with said plurality of fastener structures, said actuator being movable between a first position and a second position; a body portion; a plurality of index pins that engage and align said body portion with a structure, at least one of said index pins being configured to move between a retracted position generally out of engagement with the structure and an extended position in engagement with the structure; and an index pin actuator that moves said at least one of said index pins between said retracted position and said extended position, wherein in said first position, said actuator being configured to prevent rotation of at least one of said plurality of fastener structures during torquing of a fastener by opposing a torsional load induced in said at least one of said plurality of fastener structures by said fastener; and wherein in said second position, said actuator being configured to simultaneously substantially eliminate said torsional load in said plurality of fastener structures.