Howmet Aerospace was granted a patent for automated insert installation.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-23T14:44:22+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Howmet Aerospace",
    "domain": "howmet.com"
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    "tags": [
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      "Research & Development",
      "Automation",
      "Manufacturing Operations"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Howmet Aerospace patented an automated system for feeding and installing tangless threaded inserts in aerospace manufacturing assemblies.",
    "summary": "Howmet Aerospace was granted a patent for automated insert installation.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-22",
    "inventors": [
      {
        "name": "Praneel Prithvi Lal",
        "status": "unresolved",
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      {
        "name": "Diego Adolfo Rodriguez Cantor",
        "status": "unresolved",
        "is_primary": false
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    "grant_date": "2026-09-22",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12741346",
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      "code": "B23P 19/004"
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    "patent_title": "Tangless helically coiled insert installation system",
    "patent_number": "US12741346",
    "uspto_assignee": "HOWMET AEROSPACE INC.",
    "patent_abstract": "An automated installation system, constructed to install tangless helically coiled inserts, includes an installation tool, a track, and an insert separator device. The tool includes a nozzle body defining a through-bore extending along an insertion axis, and a mandrel adapted to reciprocate and rotate within the bore. The track defines a channel extending along a first centerline for the travel of inserts disposed in the channel and to the installation tool. The device is mounted to the track and includes a shuttle adapted to intersect and move in the channel. The shuttle defines a through-bore having an axis aligned to the first centerline when in a first position for acceptance of an insert from the channel, and is aligned to a second centerline for expulsion of the insert from the track and into the installation tool. The second centerline is offset from the first centerline, and intersects the insertion axis.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A track separates and guides coiled inserts to a tool whose rotating, sliding mandrel places each insert into a threaded hole without a projecting tang.",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "automated assembly",
      "threaded inserts",
      "industrial tooling",
      "parts feeding"
    ]
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"howmet.com","limit":20}'