US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 28 for "Fastener systems and methods for joining multiple substrates of workpiece" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,884, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Fastener systems and methods for joining multiple substrates of workpiece" was invented by Farahnaz Sisco (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Nathan A. Muntz (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener system for joining substrates of a workpiece with working and blind sides includes a binding barrel and a bolt. The binding barrel includes a cylindrical body with a proximal end, a distal end, a central bore and a flange. The central bore includes a counterbored portion and a threaded portion with internal threads. The binding barrel is inserted in a joining bor...