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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Scott Cameron, Long Beach, CA (US);
Blaine Knight Rawdon, San Pedro, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01); F16B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B64D 45/02 (2013.01); F16B 21/04 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A cap for use in covering a portion of a fastener protruding from a surface is provided. The portion includes threads. The cap includes an interior, a base that at least partially delimits the interior, a threaded receptacle on the interior configured to threadably engage the portion of the fastener, and a seal coupled to the base to engage the surface.