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| 20090053006 | BLIND FASTENER AND NOSE ASSEMBLY FOR INSTALLATION THEREOF - A blind fastener for securing a plurality of workpieces is disclosed. The blind fastener comprises several components, a core bolt, a body sleeve member and a buckle sleeve member. The core bolt includes a tool engaging portion to engage the head of a driver on a installation tool. The buckle sleeve member has a buckle portion designed to create a bulb fastening the workpieces together. In some embodiments, a the buckle portion is locally annealed to promote formation of a blind side bulb. A nose assembly with a matching anti-rotation engagement to the head of the body sleeve member is also disclosed. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100270513 | CONDUCTIVE SOLID FILM MATERIAL - A coating composition including a base composition, comprising at least one organic material and a plurality of carbon nano-tubes, wherein a concentration of the carbon nano-tubes is between 0.05 to 30 percent of a total weight of the coating composition, wherein the base composition comprises: i) methyl ethyl keton, ii) phenolic resin, and iii) ethyl alcohol, wherein each of the plurality of carbon nano-tubes has a length up to about 1.0 mm, wherein a diameter of each of the plurality of carbon nano-tubes is in a range from about 3 nm to about 200 nm, wherein the coating composition has a volume resistivity in a range from about 1×10 | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272537 | FASTENERS WITH CONFORMING SLEEVES - A sleeve interference fastener including a conformable sleeve, wherein the conformable sleeve is comprised of at least one first material having a hardness of X, and a pin member, wherein the pin member is comprised of at least one second material having a hardness of Y, wherein X is sufficiently less than Y so that, in an installed position of an interference fit, at least a portion of the at least one first material of the conformable sleeve conforms to a contour of an inner surface of a hole of a composite structure so as to create a continuous electrical contact at an interface between the inner surface of the hole of the composite structure and the conformable sleeve. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110142567 | ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY SLEEVED FASTENER AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A sleeve interference fastener adapted to be installed in a hole of a structure includes a sleeve; a pin member, wherein the pin member has a transition zone between a shank portion and a locking portion and wherein a portion of the pin member comprises a low friction dielectric coating; a locking member; wherein, in the installed position, a first interface between the shank portion of the pin member and the sleeve is substantially free from the low friction dielectric coating, and wherein, in the installed position, the transition zone of the pin member and a second interface between the locking portion of the pin member and the locking member are substantially covered with the low friction dielectric coating. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120027536 | RETAINER RING - A retainer ring including an outer ring having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a plurality of spring beam elements extending inwardly from the interior surface, and a central aperture. Each of the spring beam elements includes an elongated arm having a first end attached to the interior surface of the outer ring and a second, free end opposite the first end. Each of free ends of the arms includes a tab portion and a pressure pad that extends from the tab portion. The retainer ring captivates pin members, such as bolts, onto work pieces, such that the pressure pads engage and align with an annular groove of the bolt. When the bolt engages the retainer ring, each of the spring beam elements is displaced and expands radially from a free position to an expanded position in order to enable the bolt to travel through the aperture. The retainer ring captivates the bolt onto the work piece, while providing a positive hold out of the bolt. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027537 | CAPTIVE PANEL FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener including a bolt and a grommet assembly attached to the bolt for fastening to a work piece. The grommet assembly includes an upper grommet, a lower grommet attached to the upper grommet, a retainer ring, and a housing that houses the retainer ring within the lower grommet. The upper grommet is inserted into a hole at one side of the work piece and the lower grommet is attached to the upper grommet through the hole at an opposite side of the work piece. The retainer ring is inserted into the lower grommet and encapsulated by the housing. The bolt is inserted into the grommet assembly, and the retainer ring engages the bolt such that a plurality of pressure pads extending from a plurality of corresponding spring beam elements of the retainer ring reside in an annular groove of the bolt. The grommet assembly captivates the bolt onto the work piece, while providing a positive hold out of the bolt. | 02-02-2012 |
