Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Headed fastener element with nut – washer – securing means or cap – Metallic resilient securing means
Patent
1997-06-27
1998-09-15
Wilson, Neill R.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Headed fastener element with nut, washer, securing means or cap
Metallic resilient securing means
411156, 411537, 411999, F16B 2118, F16B 4302, F16B 3924
Patent
active
058070524
ABSTRACT:
A pre-assembled workpiece fastenable to a mounting surface of a second workpiece, and in one application a pre-assembled plastic component fastenable to a metal automotive engine component. The pre-assembled workpiece includes an opening extending therethrough between an outer surface and a mounting surface thereof. A sleeve member is retainably disposed in the opening through the pre-assembled workpiece, and a fastener having a threaded shank portion and a head is retainably disposed through the sleeve member. The fastener is axially and laterally positionable relative to the pre-assembled workpiece, whereby the pre-assembled workpiece is mountable and alignable on the mounting surface of the second workpiece without interference from the fastener. The sleeve member includes a resilient first substantially radial flange member, whereby the sleeve member is axially positionable relative to the opening through the pre-assembled workpiece upon fastening the pre-assembled workpiece to the second workpiece to compensate for misalignment tolerance and thermal expansion of the pre-assembled workpiece.
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Jones, Jr. James D.
Van Boven Albert W.
Breh Donald J.
Buckman Thomas W.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
O'Brien John P.
Wilson Neill R.
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