Patent ID: 11913482
Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A system for fastening a first structure to a second structure, the first structure having an edge including a recess, the system comprising:
an insertable device configured to fit inside the recess included in the edge of the first structure;
the insertable device having a body including a first face configured to be substantially consonant with a first surface on the first structure;
the body of the insertable device having a second face configured to be substantially consonant with an edge of the first structure; and
the body of the insertable device defining an elongated opening into an inner chamber of the insertable device into which a fastener can be received, the body of the insertable device including an installation aperture made through a wall at an inside end of the insert, the installation aperture configured to allow a shaft of a fastener therethrough, but deny passage of a head of a fastener for driving the fastener to make a connection between the first structure and a second structure;
the body further comprising a substantially flat back wall, elongated opposed vertical side walls, and a curved and then truncated front wall portion; and
wherein the body includes one or more epoxy-receiving notch apertures leading down into an epoxy-conducting epoxy shaft, the one or more epoxy-conducting shafts delivering epoxy outside of the vertical side walls.