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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Doug Bakken, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Weiss, Seattle, WA (US);
Doug Glenn, Des Moines, WA (US);
Ethan Lake, Renton, WA (US);
Joy Ransom, Seattle, WA (US);
James Ryunoshin Ross, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Howard Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);
Doug Bakken, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Weiss, Seattle, WA (US);
Doug Glenn, Des Moines, WA (US);
Ethan Lake, Renton, WA (US);
Joy Ransom, Seattle, WA (US);
James Ryunoshin Ross, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Howard Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);
Fatigue Technology, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A nut plate assembly includes a nut retainer and a bushing for expanding a tubular body of the retainer. The retainer assembly is used to cold work an opening of a workpiece in order to fix the nut retainer assembly relative to the workpiece. A nut can be snapped into the retainer. A method of installation includes passing a mandrel through the bushing to radially expand the bushing into a tubular body of the retainer. The tubular body is compressed between the workpiece and bushing as the bushing is displaced radially causing corresponding radial displacement of the tubular body. The expanded bushing applies pressure to the tubular body for a desired fit between the nut retainer and workpiece.