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- Patent Title: Structural blind sleeves and associated systems and methods for clamping a first structure relative to a second structure to yield a clamped-up structure
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Application No.: US17669686Application Date: 2022-02-11
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Publication No.: US12292065B2Publication Date: 2025-05-06
- Inventor: Nathan A. Muntz , Tanni Sisco
- 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: Walters & Wasylyna LLC
- Main IPC: F16B19/02
- IPC: F16B19/02 ; B64C1/06 ; B64F5/10
Abstract:
A structural blind sleeve includes a monolithic body. The monolithic body has a sleeve shank having an elongated tubular structure defining a proximal portion and a distal portion, the sleeve shank having a structural portion proximate the proximal portion, a threaded portion proximate the distal portion, and a softened portion between the structural portion and the threaded portion. The structural portion is capable of carrying a clamp-up structural load. The monolithic body further includes a sleeve head connected to the proximal portion of the sleeve shank.
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