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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:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Schmier, II, Mesa, AZ (US);
Curtis R. Estevo, Mesa, AZ (US);
David J. Delany, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/06 (2006.01); B25B 5/16 (2006.01); B25B 5/12 (2006.01); B25B 5/06 (2006.01); B25B 1/24 (2006.01); B25B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/06 (2013.01); B25B 1/2405 (2013.01); B25B 5/04 (2013.01); B25B 5/06 (2013.01); B25B 5/125 (2013.01); B25B 5/16 (2013.01); B25B 5/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tool is used in securing or clamping two or more workpieces together provides a visual indication to a user of the tool of an acceptable range of compression pressure exerted by the tool on a work surface of the workpieces and a visual indication of when a maximum compression pressure exerted by the tool on the work surface has been exceeded.