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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Everett, WA (US);
Randy Allan Southmayd, Florissant, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to non-cylindrical fastening systems and related methods, such as methods of installing a non-cylindrical fastening system. Presently disclosed non-cylindrical fastening systems may include a first fastening component and a second fastening component, where the second fastening component includes an elongate shank configured to be inserted through a hole in the first fastening component and through a hole in a structure to which the first fastening component is being secured. The holes in the first fastening component and the structure may be non-circular, and the elongate shank may be non-circular in perpendicular cross-section. Disclosed fastening systems may also include a third fastening component configured to be installed onto the elongate shank, and substantially prevent axial movement of the elongate shank with respect to the structure and/or first fastening component. Such fastening systems may lower the number of parts required in manufacturing an apparatus, such as an aircraft.