Vehicle floating nut assembly

Details Vehicle floating nut assembly Vehicle floating nut assembly

2003-12-22

2008-10-28

Lavinder, Jack W. (Department: 3677)

Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr

Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure

Member preassembled with substructure at through-passage or...

C411S112000, C411S171000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07441996

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle floating nut assembly is part of a body mounting fixture that couples a vehicle body onto a vehicle frame. The floating nut assembly has a nut element that floats with in a nut retainer assembly. At least one of the sliding surfaces located between the nut element and the retainer assembly is coated with a coating resistant material such as polytetrafluoroethylene. Thus, the nut retainer assembly is arranged so that the nut element is slideable relative to the planar surface of the retainer assembly within a predetermined range of movement. Several floating nut assemblies are utilized to fixedly couple the vehicle body to the vehicle frame in which one of the vehicle floating nut assemblies includes is arranged to only allow limited movement of the nut element in one linear direction.

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