Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fastener locking members
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Application No.: US16268788Application Date: 2019-02-06
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Publication No.: US10683887B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Gregory Rizza , Luke Haylock , Rodrigo Pinheiro
- Applicant: Arconic Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Arconic Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arconic Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: F16B37/00
- IPC: F16B37/00 ; F16B39/282 ; F16B5/01 ; F16B19/05 ; B64D45/02 ; F16B4/00

Abstract:
A locking member for a fastener, such as a nut or a collar, includes a shank portion and a flanged portion, a bore extending the shank portion and the flanged portion and including a first interior portion located within the shank portion and a containment cavity located within the flanged portion, and an inner wall defining the containment cavity. The containment cavity includes an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the first interior portion of the bore. The inner wall of the containment cavity includes one or a combination of flat/linear surfaces, concave surfaces, and convex surfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190170182A1 FASTENER LOCKING MEMBERS Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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