Patent ID: 6102639
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A U-shaped one way locking nut assembly for a bored panel and an elongated bolt having a head, a stem and a bolt thread on said stem, said bolt having a plurality of notches on each bolt thread which form a locking channel on said stem, said locking nut assembly comprising:a U-shaped member having two elongated, generally planar legs;a nut formed on one leg of said U-shaped member, said nut having a threaded bore that is complementary to said bolt thread;a lockway formed on another leg of said U-shaped member, said lockway having lockway bore and a radial cut-out thereat;said lockway defining a compressible tine extending into said cut-out and having a body portion and substantially radially aligned distal end portion, said distal end portion of said tine defining a narrow mouth leading to a wider throat in said cut-out, said mouth opening to said lockway bore;said U-shaped member adapted to be mounted on said panel with said threaded nut bore, said panel bore and said lockway bore being substantially coaxially aligned;whereby said nut thread, said tine and said bolt thread cooperatively permit translation of said nut along said bolt threads by one-way rotation, while said tine is alternately flexed inboard into said cut-out by said bolt threads and released when said tine is disposed in said locking channel, said locking channel and respective plurality of notches preventing counter-rotational movement of said nut and bolt when said end of said tine is positioned in one of said plurality of notches.