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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Arconic Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Donald C. Busby, Woodway, TX (US);
Richard Franklin, Hewitt, TX (US);
James L. Wollard, Waco, TX (US);
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A fastener including a bolt having an elongated shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a threaded portion having an external bolt thread, the bolt thread including a bolt pitch. The fastener includes a nut having a first end, a second end opposite the first end of the nut, and an internal nut thread extending between the first and second ends of the nut and adapted to engage threadedly the bolt thread of the bolt. The nut thread includes a nut pitch and a hardness that changes gradationally between the first and second ends of the nut. The bolt pitch of the bolt thread of the bolt is mismatched with the nut pitch of the nut thread of the nut.