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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2010
Luke Haylock, Culver City, CA (US);
Hasim Mulazimoglu, Buena Park, CA (US);
Liang Zeng, Irvine, CA (US);
Luke Haylock, Culver City, CA (US);
Hasim Mulazimoglu, Buena Park, CA (US);
Liang Zeng, Irvine, CA (US);
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A sleeve interference fastener including a conformable sleeve, wherein the conformable sleeve is comprised of at least one first material having a hardness of X, and a pin member, wherein the pin member is comprised of at least one second material having a hardness of Y, wherein X is sufficiently less than Y so that, in an installed position of an interference fit, at least a portion of the at least one first material of the conformable sleeve conforms to a contour of an inner surface of a hole of a composite structure so as to create a continuous electrical contact at an interface between the inner surface of the hole of the composite structure and the conformable sleeve.