Electromagnetic effects-sensitive pass-through mounting assemblies with adjustable offset

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9920859-B2
Application number	US-201514733626-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2015
Priority date	Jun 8, 2015
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

Pass-through mounting assemblies include an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, a bushing component, and a cap that are configured to be assembled onto a partition aperture in a partition to retain a tube as the tube passes through the partition. The outer sleeve is sized to fit into the partition aperture. The inner sleeve is sized to nest into the outer sleeve and includes a non-concentric inner rim. The bushing component defines a tube aperture configured to retain the tube and includes an outer rim sized to nest into the inner rim of the inner sleeve. The tube aperture is non-concentric with the outer rim of the bushing component. The cap includes an inner rim sized to nest over the outer rim of the inner sleeve. The tube aperture position may be adjusted by changing the relative angular position of the bushing component, the inner sleeve, and the cap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A kit for assembling a pass-through mounting assembly, the kit comprising:
an outer sleeve with a barrel section and a flange, wherein the barrel section of the outer sleeve is sized to fit through a partition aperture in a partition, wherein the flange is configured to abut a working side of the partition while the barrel section of the outer sleeve is configured to extend through the partition aperture;
an inner sleeve with a barrel section and a ring section, wherein the barrel section of the inner sleeve is sized to nest into the barrel section of the outer sleeve to be in direct contact with the barrel section of the outer sleeve wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an outer shoulder that is configured to abut the flange of the outer sleeve, wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an outer rim that is concentric with the barrel section of the inner sleeve, wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an inner rim that is non-concentric with the barrel section of the inner sleeve, wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an inner shoulder;
a bushing component with a barrel section and a ring section, wherein the barrel section of the bushing component defines a tube aperture configured to retain a tube passing through the partition aperture, wherein the tube aperture is non-concentric with the ring section of the bushing component, wherein the ring section of the bushing component has an outer rim that is sized to nest into the inner rim of the inner sleeve to be in direct contact with the inner rim of the inner sleeve wherein the ring section of the bushing component is sized to abut the inner shoulder of the inner sleeve; and
a retaining cap with an inner rim and a top, wherein the inner rim of the retaining cap is sized to nest over the outer rim of the inner sleeve to be in direct contact with the outer rim of the inner sleeve wherein the top defines a cap aperture sized to permit the tube to pass through at any relative angular position of the retaining cap, the bushing component, and the inner sleeve.

2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the bushing component, the inner sleeve, and the retaining cap are configured to selectively position the tube aperture relative to a primary axis of the pass-through mounting assembly when assembled from the kit.

3. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each of the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve, the bushing component, and the retaining cap is electrically insulating.

4. The kit of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve, the bushing component, and the retaining cap are formed of different materials.

5. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the retaining cap is configured to retain at least one of the bushing component, the inner sleeve, and the outer sleeve against the working side of the partition.

6. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the outer sleeve is configured to space the inner sleeve away from the partition.

7. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the inner sleeve is configured to be spaced away from the tube by the bushing component.

8. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the retaining cap is configured to be spaced away from the tube by the bushing component.

9. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the inner sleeve and the retaining cap are configured to interlock in any one of a plurality of discrete angular positions.

10. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the inner sleeve and the bushing component are configured to interlock in any one of a plurality of discrete angular positions.

11. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the bushing component is configured to permit axial movement of the tube within the tube aperture.

12. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the bushing component includes bushing component members that are configured to separate to accept the tube and that are configured to couple together to retain the tube within the tube aperture.

13. A pass-through mounting assembly comprising:
an outer sleeve with a barrel section and a flange, wherein the barrel section of the outer sleeve is configured to extend through a partition aperture in a partition, wherein the flange is configured to abut a working side of the partition while the barrel section of the outer sleeve is configured to extend through the partition aperture;
an inner sleeve with a barrel section and a ring section, wherein the barrel section of the inner sleeve is nested into the barrel section of the outer sleeve and directly contacts the barrel section of the outer sleeve wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an outer shoulder that abuts the flange of the outer sleeve, wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an outer rim that is concentric with the barrel section of the inner sleeve, wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an inner rim that is non-concentric with the barrel section of the inner sleeve, wherein the ring section of the inner sleeve has an inner shoulder;
a bushing component with a barrel section and a ring section, wherein the barrel section of the bushing component defines a tube aperture configured to retain an electrically conductive tube passing through the partition aperture, wherein the tube aperture is non-concentric with the ring section of the bushing component, wherein the ring section of the bushing component has an outer rim, wherein the outer rim of the ring section of the bushing component is nested into the inner rim of the inner sleeve and directly contacts the inner rim of the inner sleeve, wherein the ring section of the bushing component abuts the inner shoulder of the inner sleeve; and
a retaining cap with an inner rim and a top, wherein the inner rim of the retaining cap is nested over the outer rim of the inner sleeve and directly contacts the outer rim of the inner sleeve wherein the top defines a cap aperture sized to permit the electrically conductive tube to pass through at any relative angular position of the retaining cap, the bushing component, and the inner sleeve.

14. The pass-through mounting assembly of claim 13 , wherein each of the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve, the bushing component, and the retaining cap is electrically insulating.

15. The pass-through mounting assembly of claim 13 , wherein at least two of the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve, the bushing component, and the retaining cap are formed of different materials.

16. The pass-through mounting assembly of claim 13 , wherein the outer rim of the inner sleeve includes spline members spaced radially about the outer rim and the inner rim of the retaining cap includes spline members spaced radially about the inner rim, and wherein the spline members of the outer rim of the inner sleeve are configured to mate with the spline members of the inner rim of the retaining cap in any one of a plurality of discrete angular positions.

17. The pass-through mounting assembly of claim 13 , wherein the inner rim of the inner sleeve includes spline members and the outer rim of the bushing component includes spline members, and wherein the spline members of the inner rim of the inner sleeve are configured to mate with the spline members of the outer rim of the bushing component in any one of a plurality of angular positions.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Perrigo Gregory Dale
• Johnson Richard Kevin

Classifications

• F16L5/025

  the pipe being movable (F16L5/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B64D37/005

  Accessories not provided for in the groups B64D37/02 - B64D37/28 · CPC title

• F16L5/10

  by using sealing rings or sleeves only · CPC title

• Y02T50/44

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B64D37/32

  Safety measures not otherwise provided for, e.g. preventing explosive conditions · CPC title