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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Eerik J. Helmick, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward L. White, Covington, WA (US);
Jennifer Elizabeth Anderson, Louisville, CO (US);
Claire Noel Diehl, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph Nicholas Kochevar, Kent, WA (US);
Maura Elizabeth Cosman, Sharon, MA (US);
Sophia Victoria Utset-Ward, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A fastener-installation system is described that includes a driver to drive a fastener into a structure and a fastener feeder to load the fastener into a loaded position of the driver. The fastener feeder includes a fastener magazine to hold a plurality of fasteners. The fastener-installation system further includes a driver head having a plurality of jaws moveable between a closed position and an expanded position. In the closed position, the plurality of jaws form a piercing tip to pierce material of the structure. Further, the jaws spread apart the material of the structure when the jaws move from the closed position to the expanded position to create a path through the material through which the fastener is driven.