Patent ID: 7153054
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B62D,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fastener assembly for attaching a non-metal component to a metal component comprising: a fastener having a head portion and a body portion, the body portion including a distal end, the distal end including a plurality of threads, the fastener passing through a non-metal component opening formed within the non-metal component and a metal component opening formed within the metal component; a spacer disposed about the body portion of the fastener and having a portion extending through said metal component opening, which spacer portion is longer than the thickness of said metal component for accommodating differences in thermal expansion rates between the thicknesses of the non-metal component and the metal component while providing an attachment therebetween; and tightening means for tightening the assembly by attaching onto the plurality of threads of the body portion of the fastener such that once the body portion of the fastener is inserted through the non-metal component opening of the non-metal component, the spacer and the metal component opening of the metal component, the distal end of the body portion of the fastener extends past the metal component to allow the tightening means to be attached onto the plurality of threads to secure the metal component between the non-metal component and the tightening means, the spacer being clamped between the non-metal component and the tightening means.