Patent ID: 8142124
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An integrated captive fastener system comprising: an integrated nut assembly configured to be tethered to a first structure, said nut assembly comprising a flat washer, a nut, and a retainer, said retainer threadably couplable to said nut such that when external threads of said retainer engage said nut, said flat washer is loosely held between said retainer and said nut, said flat washer comprising a counter-bored central aperture, a radially outwardly extending retaining portion of said retainer is received within said counter-bored central aperture to retain said flat washer; and a bolt configured to be tethered to at least one of the first structure and a second structure, the nut assembly configured to be threadably couplable to said bolt.