Patent ID: 6264186
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B23Q,F16B

Abstract:
A bolt assembly for securing a workpiece to a tooling fixture, the tooling fixture having an internally threaded cavity and an operating surface, the bolt assembly comprising:a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end, the cylindrical housing having externally formed threads to engage the internally threaded cavity and dispose the first end of the cylindrical housing proximate the operating surface;a bolt cavity formed within the cylindrical housing:a housing seat formed at the first end of the cylindrical housing;a bolt passage formed in the housing seat having a diameter less than a diameter of the bolt cavity;a bolt disposed within the bolt cavity of the cylindrical housing, the bolt having a threaded portion; anda bias system disposed below the housing seat and operable to bias the threaded portion of the bolt through the bolt passage and above the operating surface of the tooling fixture, the threaded portion extending above the operating surface to threadably restrain the workpiece.