US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 8 for "Apparatus and methods for lightning protection and locating of fastener nuts with dielectric materials" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,426, issued on April 8, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatus and methods for lightning protection and locating of fastener nuts with dielectric materials" was invented by Joshua A. Ross (Woodinville, Wash.), James F. Ackermann (Woodinville, Wash.) and Brian H. Korenga (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening system for aerospace vehicles including a dielectric nut retainer strip formed of dielectric material and having at least one fastener thru hole and at least one cap receiver portion. Also included are an anti-rotation nut retainer portion integrally formed in the dielectric nut retainer adjacent...