Hardware retention clip

US8905693B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Donald W. Coffland · Seattle, US
• Mark Klein · Los Altos, US
• Shane C. Kleppen · Issaquah, US
• Kenneth Wayne Lilly · Renton, US
• Edward White · Covington, US
• Douglas S. Jones · New Port Richey, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49963
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A retention clip for hardware may include a support surface having an aperture extending through the support surface. The support surface may surround an entire perimeter of the aperture. The clip may further include at least one anti-rotation surface extending from the support surface in a non-parallel direction, and a plurality of angled tabs extending from the support surface in non-parallel directions towards the aperture. At least a portion of each angled tab may be disposed directly below the aperture. The tabs may be elastic below a preset load placed on the tabs, and the tabs may deform and lose their elasticity above the preset load.