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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 29/00 (2013.01); B64D 37/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blind fastener is disclosed having a head, a shaft with a tail, a tail of the blind fastener including the tail of the shaft and a sleeve surrounding the tail of the shaft, and a barrier secured to the tail of the blind fastener. The sleeve is configured to expand away from the tail of the shaft to form an expanded sleeve which is forced against a face of a workpiece to clamp the workpiece between the head and the expanded sleeve. The barrier is configured to be forced against the face of the workpiece to form a sealed cover around the tail of the blind fastener.