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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Jones, San Antonio, TX (US);
Nathan Andrew Allen, San Antonio, TX (US);
Julie A. Ton-That, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony B. Lawrence, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 7/12 (2006.01); B21D 31/04 (2006.01); B23P 9/02 (2006.01); F16B 5/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 31/04 (2013.01); B23P 9/025 (2013.01); C21D 7/12 (2013.01); F16B 5/01 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49938 (2015.01);
Abstract
A hole in a metal and composite stack is cold worked. An interference is formed between a cold working tool and the metal layers results in a radial force that is applied only to the metal layers.