Patent ID: 7708512
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A compression limiter, comprising: a tubular shaped body having a flange radially outwardly extending from a first end of the body and a through aperture created through both the body and the flange; and a protuberance created in the tubular shaped body proximate to the flange defining an internal member extending partially into the through aperture of the body, the protuberance operable to prevent axial release of a fastener received in the through aperture by contact between a threaded shank portion of the fastener and the protuberance, an unthreaded shank portion of the fastener being capable of a lateral motion within a diameter defined by the protuberance; wherein, the protuberance is a swage created in the body to displace the internal member inwardly; wherein the compression limiter further comprises a sleeve member defining the tubular shaped body, the sleeve member having a diameter; and a retainer ring slidably received about the diameter of the sleeve member; wherein the retainer ring is a polymeric material and further includes a plurality of flexible fingers homogenously connected to an inner wall of the retainer ring, the flexible fingers each inwardly directed from the inner wall into a through aperture of the retainer ring.