Patent ID: 11919130
Assignee: DEGROFF AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A pitot tube cover handling tool configured to temporarily hold a pitot tube cover during installation and/or removal of a pitot tube cover which is configured to closely fit on an elongated pitot tube having an opening at a near end and a mounting to a vehicle on a distal end of said pitot tube, said pitot tube cover having a rear portion comprising an aperture to accommodate said pitot tube at said rear end of said pitot tube, an inner passage along a major axis for closely holding an exterior of said pitot tube, upper and lower exterior edges along a length of said pitot tube cover substantially parallel to said major axis, and a substantially closed front portion; said pitot tube cover handling tool comprising:
a) a dome-shaped nose structure configured to closely fit over the substantially closed front portion of said pitot tube cover to substantially enclose said closed front portion of said pitot tube cover;
b) two substantially parallel support arms extending rearward from said dome-shaped nose structure, said support arms configured to extend on either side along the length of the pitot tube cover thereby forming a linear slot; and,
c) at least one holding structure extending perpendicularly from a distal end on each of said parallel support arms, said at least one holding structure sized and configured to extend at least partially over a rear edge of said rear portion of said pitot tube cover.