Patent ID: 6582172
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
An isolated mechanical fastening system comprising:an exterior first section having a first transverse bore with a first inner peripheral wall surface; an exterior second section having a second transverse bore, wherein said second transverse bore is aligned with said first transverse bore and has a second inner peripheral surface; an interior third section having a third transverse bore, wherein said third section is interposed between said first section and said second section and said third transverse bore is aligned with said first and second transverse bores and has a third inner peripheral surface, wherein said first second and third sections are each plates and wherein said first and second sections are each metal, and wherein the third section is reinforced polymer composite material which is reinforced with a carbonaceous material; a fastening means positioned in the first, second, and third transverse bores and means for fixing said fastening means to the first section; and an annular polymeric section positioned between and contacting both the fastening means and the third inner peripheral surface, said annular polymeric section completely filling a space between said fastening means and said third inner peripheral surface.