US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 16 for "Fastener installation assembly, an end-effector tool, and a method" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,334, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Fastener installation assembly, an end-effector tool, and a method" was invented by Drew Michael Peterson (Mill Creek, Wash.) and Yen-Chien Wang (Kenmore, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener installation assembly, an end-effector tool, and a method for installing fasteners into respective holes of a workpiece includes a container and retainer assemblies supported by the container. Each of the retainer assemblies include fingers configured to retain a respective one of the fasteners between the fingers in a pre-installed position. A first actuator is...