Patent ID: 8696277
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: F16B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A captive fastener assembly comprising: a barrel with an internal passage separating a tool opening from a fastener opening, and the internal passage being divided into a cage volume and a fastener passage by an internal thrust surface, and the barrel including an external attachment surface and an external thrust surface located opposite to the internal thrust surface; the captive fastener assembly including a retention component that defines a tool passage through a capture surface, and being mechanically mounted to a surface that defines the internal passage at a location adjacent the tool opening; and the captive fastener assembly further including a captured fastener trapped to move between contact with the capture surface and the internal thrust surface in the cage volume, and the captured fastener defining an Allen socket oriented toward the tool opening and threads oriented toward the fastener opening; the captured fastener has a guide interaction with the barrel along a common centerline when moving between contact with the capture surface and contact with the internal thrust surface, wherein the captured fastener includes female threads.