Patent ID: 11970297
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  F | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A system according to claim 12 wherein the fixture comprises first and second fixture components that cooperate to define the first, second and third groove portions of the circumferential groove, wherein the first fixture component defines the second groove portion to cross the first and third groove portions and the second fixture component defines the first, second and third groove portions to have a parallel relationship, and wherein the first fixture component defines the first and third groove portions to lie in respective planes that are offset in a first angular direction from a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis about which the internal passage is centered and defines the second groove portion to lie in a respective plane that is offset in a second angular direction, opposite from the first angular direction, from the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.