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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
Centrix Aerospace Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Travis McClure, Chelan Falls, WA (US);
CENTRIX AEROSPACE LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Abstract
A fastener is provided. The fastener includes a housing with a housing opening and a collet body at least partially enclosed within the housing, the collet body includes a crown having a crown opening with a threaded section and a leg that extends from the crown and including a foot. The fastener further includes a screw with a head positioned in the housing opening, an upper threaded section, and a lower unthreaded section, where the housing opening and the crown include a set of splined protrusions and a set of splined recesses mated with one another, where the sets of splined protrusions and recesses include ramps and are designed to permit the collet body and the screw to transition into a free-spin configuration, and where a spring is designed to exert a return force on the collet body or the screw when the fastener is in the free-spin configuration.