Patent ID: 6854749

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: (a) a fastener assembly that comprises a fastener shaft and two clamping structures which extend radially outward of the fastener shaft in directions perpendicular to an axis of the fastener shaft and are spaced relative to one another in directions parallel to the axis of the fastener shaft; (b) two or more clamped components clamped together between the two clamping structures of the fastener assembly; (c) a clamp-force-check component defining a fastener hole through which the fastener shaft extends being one of the clamped components and having a shape such that cross-sections of the clamp-force-check component perpendicular to the axis of the fastener have outer perimeters which are hexagonal and are spaced from one another a distance that is approximately an integer number of millimeters or a multiple of {fraction (1/16)} of an inch; and wherein the fastener assembly is a swaged-collar fastener.