Patent ID: 9033632
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fastener assembly comprising a sleeve with a sleeve wall extending longitudinally and having a channel within the sleeve wall, wherein the sleeve wall has proximal and distal end portions, wherein the sleeve wall includes a wall defining an opening through the sleeve wall, a fastener receptacle element having proximal and distal end portions and wherein the fastener receptacle element is at least partly within the sleeve and with at least one internally, at least partially-threaded wall configured to receive a threaded fastener element, wherein at least one of the sleeve and the fastener receptacle element includes a flange portion at the proximal end portion extending radially outward relative to a central axis of the fastener assembly, and wherein the fastener receptacle element includes at least one flexible leg element extending from a proximal portion to a free distal end portion and configured such that during assembly the free end portion is inserted in a distal direction at the sleeve proximal portion longitudinally into the sleeve until part of the free end portion extends within the sleeve opening so that the fastener receptacle element is axially movable within the sleeve, wherein the free distal end portion of the flexible leg element is positioned on the fastener receptacle element opposite the flange portion, and wherein the sleeve includes a distal portion extending beyond the at least one flexible leg element.