Patents by Inventor SCOTT WILLIAM GUNTHER

SCOTT WILLIAM GUNTHER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Blind track bolt with higher clamp-up strength
    Patent number: 10232428
    Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott William Gunther, Edward John Batt, Farahnaz Sisco
  • BLIND TACK BOLT WITH HIGHER CLAMP-UP STRENGTH
    Publication number: 20180193900
    Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: SCOTT WILLIAM GUNTHER, EDWARD JOHN BATT, FARAHNAZ SISCO
  • Blind tack bolt with higher clamp-up strength
    Patent number: 9931688
    Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott William Gunther, Edward John Batt, Farahnaz Sisco
  • BLIND TACK BOLT WITH HIGHER CLAMP-UP STRENGTH
    Publication number: 20150275953
    Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: SCOTT WILLIAM GUNTHER, EDWARD JOHN BATT, FARAHNAZ SISCO