Patent ID: 6095736
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A fastener device for releasably fastening a first and second object, the fastener device comprising:a unitary housing having an annular wall and opposing first and second ends, the annular wall having threads on an exterior thereof adated for threadedly connecting to a tapped hole in the first object, the annular wall defining an opening at each opposing end;a housing stop shoulder extending radially inward from the cylindrical housing;a drive ring groove formed in the circumference of an interior surface of the housing at the first end of the housing;a drive ring located within the drive ring groove and extending inwardly of the interior surface of the housing;a stud extending in the axial direction of the housing and having opposing first and second end-portions, the stud being movable between an engaged position in which the stud is adapted to engage the second object and a dis-engaged position in which the stud is not adapted to engage the second object;the stud having an enlarged portion toward the first end-portion of the stud and having formed therein a stud stop shoulder, the stud stop shoulder being opposed to the housing stop shoulder and adapted to mate therewith when the stud is in the engaged position;the stud being sized and positioned within the housing such that the enlarged portion is located completely within the housing both when the stud is in the engaged position and when the stud is in the dis-engaged position;stud threads located toward the second end-portion of the stud wherein the stud threads are adapted to engage the second object and the drive ring;a first drive recess located toward the first end-portion of the stud;a second drive recess located toward the second end-portion of the stud;a retainer ring groove formed in the circumference of an interior surface of the housing at the second end of the housing;a retainer ring located within the retainer ring groove and extending radially inward from the interior surface of the housing and adapted to retain the stud within the housing when the stud is in the dis-engaged position and the housing is not threadedly connected to the tapped hole in the first object.