Patent ID: 6010289
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: C07C,C07D,F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
An S-shaped locking nut and bolt assembly for a bored panel comprising:an elongated bolt having a stem and a bolt thread on said stem, said bolt thread defining bolt thread crest and bolt thread troughs, said bolt having a plurality of notches defined on said bolt thread generally longitudinally in a predetermined pattern with proximal notches being longitudinally adjacent each other on said bolt thread, each notch having a lock face and an opposing slope on said bolt thread which form a locking channel on said stem;an S-shaped member having first, second and third elongated, generally planar legs;a nut formed on one of said second and said third legs, said nut having a nut thread about an axial centerline which is complementary to said bolt thread;a locking element formed on the other of said second and third legs, said locking element having a locking element bore coaxial with respect to said axial centerline, said locking element having a plurality of axially protruding legs perpendicular to said planar other leg and having a corresponding plurality of tines, each tine protruding tangentially and radially inward toward said axial centerline, said axially protruding legs depending from said planar other leg, each said tine having a distal tine end adapted to latch on said lock face of said notch and a proximal tine portion attached to said corresponding axially protruding leg;said S-shaped member adapted to be mounted on said panel with said axial centerline of said nut, said panel bore and said locking element bore being substantially coaxially aligned;one of said plurality of distal tine ends being adapted to move radially inward when said distal tine end is disposed in one or more notches and move radially outward when said distal tine end rides on said bolt thread crest, and the position of said distal tine end being visible due to the disposition of said elongated locking element on said third leg.