Patent ID: 9618118
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,F16J,Y02T

Claim:
1. An air seal assembly for an aircraft control surface, the air seal assembly comprising: a resiliently deformable non-metallic bulb-type air seal having a hollow bulb portion that is continuous in cross-section around a hollow space, a T-shaped mounting extension that is monolithically formed with the hollow bulb portion, and a through hole extending through the T-shaped mounting extension; a filler plate fit within the hollow space of the hollow bulb portion and having a through hole and a contoured contact surface, the contoured contact surface being fit against an oppositely contoured inner surface of the hollow bulb portion; a mounting bracket having a through hole and a T-shaped channel, the T-shaped channel slidingly receiving the T-shaped mounting extension of the air seal; and a fastener having a head at one end and an opposite exposed threaded end receiving a nut thereon, the fastener extending through the through hole in the filler plate, through the through hole in the T-shaped mounting extension and through the through hole in the mounting bracket, wherein the exposed end comprises a recess shaped to receive a tool for holding the fastener while the nut is tightened on the exposed threaded end of the fastener to secure the air seal between the filler plate and the mounting bracket to retain the air seal in place within the T-shaped channel, wherein the fastener and nut are tigthtenable without accessing the head of the fastener.