US Patent Issued to HOWMET AEROSPACE on April 14 for "Fluid tight blind fasteners and methods for fastening" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,366, issued on April 14, was assigned to HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Fluid tight blind fasteners and methods for fastening" was invented by Luke L. Haylock (Culver City, Calif.), Todd A. Balls (Tucson, Ariz.) and Junjie Huang (San Gabriel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid tight blind fasteners and methods tor fastening are provided. The sleeve comprises a first sleeve end comprising a first inner surface, a second sleeve end comprising a second inner surface, and an elongate portion extending from the first sleeve end to the second sleeve end. The first inner surface and the second inner surface define a sleeve c...