Boeing : Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Flush Fastener Design and Installation”, for Approval | 4-Traders

Article by · 2014/11/27 ·

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Defense & Aerospace Week — From Washington, D.C., VerticalNews journalists report that a patent application by the inventors Kane, Daniel J. (Mercer Island, WA); Lowe, Thomas J. (Kent, WA), filed on May 7, 2013, was made available online on November 20, 2014.

The patent’s assignee is The Boeing Company.

News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Fasteners protruding from an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft can contribute to aerodynamic drag. The drag increases fuel consumption, which increases aircraft operating costs.(…)

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