Patent ID: 6859367

Claim:
A retention system, comprising: a retention bolt having a shaft and a head defining a flange; a coil spring adapted to accept the shaft and be retained by the flange; a first component having an inward tapered mounting bore; a retention lock having a lock bore adapted to accept the shaft in frictional engagement, the retention lock having an annular outer surface defined by a lock flange and an inward tapered surface therefrom adapted for frictional engagement with the mounting bore, the lock flange having a diameter adapted for abutment by the coil spring and larger than the mounting bore; and a socket mount having a socket bore adapted for frictional engagement with the shaft, the shaft adapted to extend serially through the coil spring, through the retention lock flange, through the mounting bore, and in the socket bore, the retention lock inward tapered surface adapted for urging engagement with the inward tapered mounting bore by the coil spring.