Patent ID: 7575405

Claim:
A captive nut for mounting on a panel of a vehicle, the captive nut comprising: a single integral body including a first end, a second end, and an axial direction; an inner tubular portion of the body extending in the axial direction, the inner tubular portion being open at the first end and closed at the second end; an outer tubular portion of the body integrally joined with the inner tubular portion at the first end and extending in the axial direction around an outer periphery of the inner tubular portion, the outer tubular portion being spaced from the outer periphery of the inner tubular portion, the outer tubular portion axially extending beyond the second, closed end of the inner tubular portion; and a peripheral flange at the first end of the body; wherein the nut is configured to be captive in an aperture in the panel, the aperture including a substantially cylindrical wall terminating at an edge; and wherein the outer tubular portion is configured to be deformable to wrap substantially 180 degrees around the edge of the aperture to trap the edge of the aperture in the panel between the peripheral flange and the outer tubular portion, the outer tubular portion configured to extend a greater distance in the axial direction than in a radial direction of the body with the outer tubular portion wrapped around the edge of the aperture.