Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Witness enabled fasteners and related systems and methods
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Application No.: US14531835Application Date: 2014-11-03
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Publication No.: US09677592B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Roger D. Bernhardt
- 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: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.
- Main IPC: F16B31/02
- IPC: F16B31/02 ; G01L1/24 ; G01L5/24 ; G01L5/00 ; G01N21/64

Abstract:
A fastening device may include a first member configured for forceful engagement with a second member. The first member may include a sensor configured to emit at least a first photo-luminescent signal to a detector when at least a predetermined first torque level is applied to the first member when the first and second members are engaged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160123369A1 WITNESS ENABLED FASTENERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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