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Patent No.:

US 9441663 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2014

Method of using a retention clip to close hardware

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Donald W. Coffland, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark D. Klein, Seattle, WA (US);

Shane C. Kleppen, Issaquah, WA (US);

Kenneth Wayne Lilly, Renton, WA (US);

Edward L. White, Covington, WA (US);

Douglas S. Jones, Orting, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Patterson + Sheridan, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jermie Cozart

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/24 (2006.01); F16B 39/24 (2006.01); F16B 43/00 (2006.01); F16L 3/123 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 39/24 (2013.01); F16B 2/241 (2013.01); F16B 43/00 (2013.01); F16L 3/1233 (2013.01); F16L 3/1236 (2013.01); F16B 37/02 (2013.01); F16B 37/042 (2013.01); Y10S 411/999 (2013.01); Y10T 24/4453 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49815 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49948 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49963 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of using a retention clip to secure hardware is provided. The retention clip may include a support surface having an aperture extending through the support surface. The retention clip may further include two anti-rotation surfaces extending from the support surface in a non-parallel direction, and at least one angled tab extending from the support surface in a non-parallel direction towards the aperture of the retention clip. The at least one angled tab may be elastic below a preset load placed on the at least one angled tab, and the at least one angled tab may deform and lose its elasticity above the preset load.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Coffland, Donald. (2016). Method of using a retention clip to close hardware (U.S. Patent No. 9441663). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9441663

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