Patent ID: 9592919
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,F16L,Y02T

Claim:
1. An aircraft fuel line assembly clamp member, the clamp member comprising: a c-shaped outer shell sized to be positioned within an outer tube of an aircraft fuel line assembly and including a first edge and a second edge defining a first gap; a plurality of spokes arranged on an inner surface of the outer shell, the plurality of spokes protruding from the inner surface towards a center of the outer shell to define a shape to receive an inner tube of the aircraft fuel line assembly, the plurality of spokes spaced apart on the inner surface, wherein a space between spaced apart edges of the outer shell is less than an outer diameter of the inner tube of the aircraft fuel line assembly; a c-shaped inner shell attached to ends of the plurality of spokes near the center of the outer shell and including a first edge connected to one of the plurality of spokes and a second edge connected to another of the plurality of spokes, wherein the first edge of the c-shaped outer shell, the first edge of the c-shaped inner shell, and the one of the plurality of spokes defines a first space, and the second edge of the c-shaped outer shell, the second edge of the c-shaped inner shell, and the another of the plurality of spokes defines a second space; and wherein an axial width of the inner shell is substantially equal to or greater than an axial width of each spoke of the plurality of spokes, and an axial width of the outer shell is greater than the axial width of each spoke of the plurality of spokes.