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Patent No.:

US 10377508 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2016

Enhanced tooling for interference-fit fasteners

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

William Donald Hood, Renton, WA (US);

Donald Brian Peterson, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Curtis Leon Hayes, Kirkland, WA (US);

Paul Michael Haworth, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Tyler James Kumley, Lake Stevens, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Duft & Bornsen, PC

Primary Examiner:

Jason L Vaughan

Assistant Examiner:

Amanda Kreiling

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B21J 15/04 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); C23C 14/06 (2006.01); C23C 14/22 (2006.01); C23C 14/24 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01); C23C 16/27 (2006.01); B21J 15/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B21J 15/02 (2013.01); B21J 15/04 (2013.01); B21J 15/142 (2013.01); B21J 15/36 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); C23C 14/0611 (2013.01); C23C 14/221 (2013.01); C23C 14/24 (2013.01); C23C 14/34 (2013.01); C23C 16/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for installing fasteners. One exemplary embodiment is a method that includes inserting a fastener into a hole, and gripping ends of the fastener via dies. At least one of the dies includes a permanent coating having a static friction coefficient of less than 0.2 at a surface contacting the fastener. The method further includes plastically deforming the fastener via force from the dies, thereby expanding the fastener into interference with the hole along a length of the fastener such that an amount of interference between the fastener and the hole along the length of the fastener is greater than one and a half thousandths of an inch and less than twenty thousandths of an inch.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hood, William. (2019). Enhanced tooling for interference-fit fasteners (U.S. Patent No. 10377508). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10377508

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