US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Dec. 2 for "Fastener delivery system having an insertion device" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,473, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Fastener delivery system having an insertion device" was invented by Joseph Brian Harriman Jr. (Summerville, S.C.), Edward Ray Duncan (Goose Creek, S.C.) and Joshua Allen Halbritter (Summerville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to deliver a fastener to a workpiece. The system includes a delivery device configured to hold the fastener. An insertion device receives the fastener from the delivery device. The insertion device includes jaws that are pivotally connected together and an insertion member engaged with the jaws with the insertion member mo...