Patent ID: 8506222

Claim:
An assembly for retaining a nut member, the assembly comprising: a nut retainer including a nut retaining section and an expandable tubular body connected to the nut retaining section, the nut retaining section including an abutment portion configured to contact a workpiece when the expandable tubular body is positioned in an opening of the workpiece, the expandable tubular body including a tubular body inner surface surrounding a tubular body passageway and defining a tubular body inner perimeter; and a bushing including a bushing outer surface defining a first outer perimeter and a bushing inner surface at least partially surrounding a bushing passageway, the first outer perimeter substantially equal to or smaller than the tubular body inner perimeter, the bushing passageway adapted to receive a mandrel capable of radially expanding the bushing and the tubular body when the tubular body circumferentially surrounds the bushing so as to form a first interference fit between the tubular body and the workpiece and a second interference fit between the bushing outer surface and the tubular body inner surface.