Patent No.: 9,562,558 (get PDF)

Title: Blind fastener

Assignee: Precision Tower Products, LLC

Abstract: A blind fastener device for fastening workpieces, including a sleeve, an expander having a locking section and an expansion section, and a separate and distinct tensioning section configured to mechanically cooperate with the expander. One end of the tensioning section is configured as a tensioning section gripping region, which may be formed as the head of a bolt. A portion of the tensioning section passes through the sleeve to cooperate with the expander so that relative rotation of the tensioning section and the expander draws the expander distal end toward the sleeve proximal end and ultimately deforming a portion of the sleeve distal end to a locked state. The sleeve may be configured as a multi-section sleeve having a sleeve retainer to locate the sections in a predetermined relationship.

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