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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard P. Whitlock, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter A. Coronado, Renton, WA (US);
Sean D. Morden, Federal Way, WA (US);
Randall A. Rogers, Auburn, WA (US);
Julie M. Drexler, Renton, WA (US);
John R. Porter, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Jeffry G. Bickford, Federal Way, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A fastener system for composite structure provides electromagnetic energy protection by incorporating a self-aligning head (SAH) fastener having a head with a spherical engaging surface and a shank extending from the head for insertion through a hole in a composite structure and a self-aligning self sealing (SASS) washer having a throat receiving the shank and a spherical mating surface interfacing with the spherical engaging surface of the head.