Miki Beatovic

US Patent:

20120082527, Apr 5, 2012

Filed:

Oct 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/897060

Inventors:

Martin R. Grether - Mill Creek WA, US
Miki Beatovic - Everett WA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

F16B 13/04
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

411355, 2952502

Abstract:

A blind fastener employs a split bolt element having two symmetrical half sections split at mating separation faces and cooperatively displaceable between a first collapsed position and a second expanded position. A capture portion split bolt has a substantially circular plan form in the fist collapsed position with a diameter which is received through an attachment hole in a structural member. A bearing section and a threaded portion both have a substantially circular plan form in the second expanded position while the capture portion has compression surfaces extending with an elliptical major axis greater than the hole diameter in the extended second position to engage a bottom surface surrounding the attachment hole. The bearing section closely engages the attachment hole in the expanded position. A wedge separator element is insertable between the half sections to expand them from the first collapsed position to the second expanded position. A nut is threadably received on the threaded portion and engages a lip on a mounting aperture in a monument to be attached to the supporting structure.