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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
John P. Scheibel, Florissant, MO (US);
James L. Scherer, St. Peters, MO (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for forming a pair of aligned holes is provided. The method comprises determining a diameter of a cleanup hole associated with a plurality of misaligned holes, in which the cleanup hole diameter may also correspond to a fastener diameter. Additionally, a tapered reamer is at least partially inserted into a gap defined by the plurality of misaligned holes. The tapered reamer has a longitudinal axis and may be configured such that the longitudinal axis aligns with a center of the cleanup hole when the tapered reamer is inserted into the gap defined by the plurality of misaligned holes. The plurality of misaligned holes may then be reamed with the tapered reamer to form the cleanup hole defined by the plurality of aligned holes having a same center and a same diameter.