Patent ID: 9746015
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F16B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A floating fastener mounting structure, comprising a metal panel member, a mounting socket affixed to said metal panel member, a locking member mounted in said mounting socket and insertable into a locating hole in an external metal panel member to lock said metal panel member to said external metal panel member, and a spring member mounted in said mounting socket to floatably support said locking member in said mounting socket, wherein: said mounting socket comprising a center hole vertically extending through opposing top and bottom surfaces thereof, an annular step extended around the periphery thereof at a selected elevation, a stop flange extended around the periphery thereof in flush with the bottom surface of said mounting socket, and a locating groove extended around the periphery thereof between said annular step and said stop flange, the outer diameter of said stop flange being larger than the outer diameter of said annular step; said locking member comprising a shank inserted through the center hole of said mounting socket, a mounting head located at a top end of said shank and extended out of the top surface of said mounting socket, and an expanded locking end tip located at an opposing bottom end of said shank; said spring member is mounted around said shank of said locking member and stopped between a part of said mounting socket and a part of said locking member; said cap member is affixed to said mounting head of said locking member, comprising an accommodation chamber that accommodates a part of said mounting socket and a part of said locking member, the outer diameter of said cap member being equal to or smaller than the outer diameter of said annular step of said mounting socket; said metal panel member comprising a mounting through hole cut through opposing top and bottom surfaces thereof for the insertion of said mounting socket and said cap member therethrough, and a riveting portion formed of a part of said metal panel member around said mounting through hole by stamping and engaged into said annular locating groove of said locking member and wrapped about said stop flange of said mounting socket to affix said mounting socket to said metal panel member.