Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fastener alignment tools and methods of utilizing the same
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Application No.: US15725615Application Date: 2017-10-05
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Publication No.: US10717177B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: David M. Dembeck
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Dascenzo Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: B25B31/00
- IPC: B25B31/00 ; B64F5/10 ; B25B23/00

Abstract:
Fastener alignment tools and methods of utilizing the same are disclosed herein. The fastener alignment tools are configured to operatively engage a plurality of fasteners with a corresponding plurality of fastening locations and include a gripping region and an alignment tool body. The alignment tool body defines a plurality of fastener-receiving regions. Each fastener-receiving region includes a fastener receptacle, which is configured to receive a corresponding fastener in a received orientation relative to the alignment tool body, and a fastener retention structure, which is configured to retain the corresponding fastener within the fastener-receiving region at a retained orientation relative to the alignment tool body. The methods include positioning each fastener of the plurality of fasteners within a corresponding fastener-receiving region, retaining each fastener within the corresponding fastener-receiving region, orienting the fastener alignment tool relative to the plurality of fastening locations, and simultaneously releasing each fastener.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190105764A1 FASTENER ALIGNMENT TOOLS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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