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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willard N Westre, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403264 ; 4034071 ; 411104 ; 416230 ; 4162 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for attaching a sandwich panel to another structure. A hollow pin passes through the panel near the edge to be joined to the structure. A bolt, passing through the edge of the panel, and barrel nut, inside the hollow of the pin, are used to draw the edge of the panel against a flange attached to the structure. The panel may be reinforced with doublers or an end cap.