Patent ID: 11965538
Assignee: ATLAS TUBE CONNECTIONS, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 15:
16. A nut restrainer configured to accept insertion of a nut and thereafter be affixed to a substrate plate having two sides, over a bolt hole arranged in the substrate plate and the bolt hole having a radial tolerance; and the nut restrainer further configured for subsequent installation of a bolt having a shank and a tip, from one of the two sides of the substrate plate opposite a side to which the nut restrainer is affixed, the nut restrainer comprising:
a fixed portion;
a mobile central portion connected to the fixed portion by connectors; and
the mobile central portion including a cavity configured to accept insertion of a nut and prevent the nut from rotating relative to the mobile central portion,
wherein the fixed portion includes one or more raised elements that are separated from the substrate plate;
wherein a space between the one or more raised elements and the substrate plate being arranged to form one or more recesses; and
wherein the mobile central portion comprises one or more protrusions that extend into the one or more recesses.