Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Internally threaded fastener element – e.g. – nut – etc. – Multipart
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-01
2005-03-01
Sandy, Robert J. (Department: 3677)
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Internally threaded fastener element, e.g., nut, etc.
Multipart
C411S432000, C411S437000, C411S227000, C029S525110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06860693
ABSTRACT:
A press-in fastening apparatus and method couples a screw with a nut by pushing the screw through an opening of the nut along a slip axis and rotating the nut to align a lock axis with the inserted screw. The opening of the nut along the slip axis has a diameter greater than the diameter of the screw and the opening of the nut along the lock axis has a diameter that engages screw threads with nut threads. In one embodiment, the nut is disposed in a housing coupled to an information handling system and biased to align with the lock axis so that a module is secured to the information handling system by aligning a screw coupled to the module with the nut and pushing the screw into the nut. The module is removed from the information handling system by unscrewing the screw with engagement of the screw threads and nut threads.
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Beall Christopher
Ifft Alan
Jones Christopher A.
Dell Products L.P.
Hamilton & Terrile LLP
Holland Robert W.
Mitchell Katherine
Sandy Robert J.
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