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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Tanni Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Antonio Carlos Rufin, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard B. Tanner, Seattle, WA (US);
Dale Winter, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Everett, WA (US);
Joe Heeter, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating fasteners. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a fastener. The fastener includes a head, a cylindrical shank that extends from the head and is dimensioned to engage in a fit with a corresponding hole, and a coating that is discontinuously speckled around a circumference of the shank and extends axially along the shank, leaving irregular portions of a surface of the shank exposed. The coating exhibits a higher lubricity than the surface, and the coating exhibits a higher dielectric withstand voltage than the surface.