Patent ID: 8832919
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fastening method, the method comprising: threading a ribbed nut with a threading guide containing ribs separated by gaps onto a threaded fastener, said threaded fastener being constructed of a material which is harder than said ribbed nut; forming lips of displaced rib material at least partially extending into said gaps during the threading of said threaded fastener onto said ribbed nut; and inserting a beveled area into a guide hole, wherein the beveled area is above a neck of the ribbed nut and extends at least one third of a radial length of a flange of the ribbed nut; wherein said ribbed nut has at least two buttresses connecting a head of the nut to the flange such that the flange will withstand a greater load than a solid hexagonal nut of the same material.