Patent ID: 6866456
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A captive nut assembly for loose attachment to an apertured element such as a sheet or panel, comprising: a nut body having an axial threaded bore; a collar located on a first side of said nut body, said collar having an outside diameter less than the outside diameter of said nut body; a tubular shank unitary with said nut body and coaxially extending from said first side of said nut body, said shank having an axial bore and an outside diameter less than the outside diameter of the collar; an expandable portion of said shank; and a retainer having a thickness greater than the length of said tubular shank and a bore in which said expandable portion of the shank is received, said bore including an inside wall whereby said retainer is axially securable to said nut body by the deformation of said shank along its entire length against only the inside wall of the retainer.