Patent ID: 7527463
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A nut for attachment to a work piece comprising: a nut head having a top side with threaded bore therein to receive a bolt and an underside having a skirt depending from the outer periphery thereof to engage with the work piece and space the underside of the nut head from the work piece; a shank depending from the nut head for extending into a hole in a work piece to which the nut is to be attached; said underside of the nut head and said skirt and said shank cooperating to define a recess for receiving an adhesive; a heat curable adhesive filling the recess and coating the shank and coating the underside of the nut between the depending shank and the depending skirt so that upon curing of the heat curable adhesive the nut is adhesively secured to the work piece.