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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Joseph Brian Harriman, Jr., Summerville, SC (US);
Edward Ray Duncan, Goose Creek, SC (US);
Joshua Allen Halbritter, Summerville, SC (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A system to deliver a fastener to a workpiece. The system includes a delivery device configured to hold the fastener. An insertion device receives the fastener from the delivery device. The insertion device includes jaws that are pivotally connected together and an insertion member engaged with the jaws with the insertion member movable relative to the jaws between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position the insertion member positions the jaws at a closed position to prevent the fastener from being released from the jaws. In the extended position the insertion member positions the jaws in an open position to release the fastener from the jaws.