Document Type
Article
Publication Date
September 2025
Patent Number
12420389
CPC
B25B 23/147 , B25B 29/02 , B25B 23/14 , G01L 5/24
Abstract
A method for achieving a target joint preload can include applying a tightening torque to the second fastener element and measuring that torque as a trial tightening torque. The method can further include applying a loosening torque to the second fastener element and measuring that torque as a trial removal torque. Additionally, the method can include calculating a required tightening torque that is required to be applied to the second fastener element to achieve the target joint preload using only the thread pitch, the trial tightening torque, the trial removal torque, and the target joint preload.
Application Number
18/544198
Recommended Citation
Hess, Daniel P., "Method for achieving a target joint preload" (2025). USF Patents. 1529.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/1529
Assignees
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Filing Date
12/18/2023
