A fastener assembly, comprising: a clamp body having an upper clamping arm , a lower ramp arm and a stress arm therebetween, wherein a lower clamping surface of the upper clamping arm is nonparallel to an upper ramp surface of the lower ramp arm , wherein the upper clamping arm defines a first channel and a second channel extending therethrough, said first channel is coplanar with the second channel , a first channel axis is perpendicular with a second channel axis, first and second channel axes are parallel to the lower clamping surface , wherein the stress arm defines a third channel and a fourth channel extending therethrough, said third channel is coplanar with the fourth channel , a third channel axis is perpendicular with a fourth channel axis, and the third and fourth channel axes are perpendicular to the lower clamping surface , and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a fifth channel and a sixth channel extending therethrough, said fifth channel is coplanar with the sixth channel ; and a retaining segment slideably connected to the lower ramp arm , said retaining segment having an upper clamping surface that is parallel to the lower clamping surface and having a lower ramp surface that is parallel with the upper ramp surface , wherein a fifth channel axis is perpendicular to a sixth channel axis and the fifth and sixth channel axes are parallel to the upper clamping surface and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a pair of ramp ledges that are slideably received within a pair of wedge channels defined by the retaining segment , wherein the pair of ramp ledges are parallel to the lower ramp surface and the pair of wedge channels are parallel to the upper ramp surface . a clamp body having an upper clamping arm , a lower ramp arm and a stress arm therebetween, wherein a lower clamping surface of the upper clamping arm is nonparallel to an upper ramp surface of the lower ramp arm , wherein the upper clamping arm defines a first channel and a second channel extending therethrough, said first channel is coplanar with the second channel , a first channel axis is perpendicular with a second channel axis, first and second channel axes are parallel to the lower clamping surface , wherein the stress arm defines a third channel and a fourth channel extending therethrough, said third channel is coplanar with the fourth channel , a third channel axis is perpendicular with a fourth channel axis, and the third and fourth channel axes are perpendicular to the lower clamping surface , and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a fifth channel and a sixth channel extending therethrough, said fifth channel is coplanar with the sixth channel ; and a retaining segment slideably connected to the lower ramp arm , said retaining segment having an upper clamping surface that is parallel to the lower clamping surface and having a lower ramp surface that is parallel with the upper ramp surface , wherein a fifth channel axis is perpendicular to a sixth channel axis and the fifth and sixth channel axes are parallel to the upper clamping surface and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a pair of ramp ledges that are slideably received within a pair of wedge channels defined by the retaining segment , wherein the pair of ramp ledges are parallel to the lower ramp surface and the pair of wedge channels are parallel to the upper ramp surface . <EOS>