The Boeing Company

Daniel M De Oliveira

Gary E Georgeson

James J Troy

Joseph Lawrence Hafenrichter

Charles Michael Richards

Hannah G Gillespie

James E Wilder

Andrei V Arevalo

An apparatus for retaining a fastener is described. The apparatus includes a base, including a first aperture including a central axis; and a sidewall extending outward from the base and surrounding the central axis, where the sidewall is configured to hold on to a socket; an arm extending outward from the base, including a biasing mechanism connecting a first end of the arm to the base, where the biasing mechanism configured to relieve stress between the base and the arm when the arm is actuated; and a lip disposed at a second end of the arm, where the second end is at an opposite end of the arm than the first end, and where the lip is configured to retain the fastener or a wrenching element of the fastener; and a finger flange configured to actuate the arm, where the finger flange is attached to the arm.

Fastener collar retainer

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Renton, WA, United States of America

Daniel M De Oliveira