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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Monica Joy Brockway, Bothell, WA (US);
Farahnaz Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Mekonnen Tsegga, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 19/10 (2006.01); B21J 15/04 (2006.01); B21J 15/12 (2006.01); B21J 15/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 19/1072 (2013.01); B21J 15/043 (2013.01); B21J 15/12 (2013.01); B21J 15/32 (2013.01); F16B 19/1054 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for installing a fastener into an opening of a structure. The fastener includes a sleeve and a pin threadably received into the sleeve. The method includes inserting the fastener into the opening, grabbing a pintail of the pin, and deforming a tail of the sleeve radially outward relative to a centerline axis of the fastener by automatically displacing the pin longitudinally along the centerline axis relative to the sleeve. The method also includes rotationally shearing the pintail of the pin from a shaft of the pin.