Patent ID: 7338240

Claim:
A double nut in combination with a hydraulic or pneumatic bolt-tightening cylinder for a controlled fixing of a component by means of a bolt connection, comprising: a pulling sleeve having an internal thread extending over a complete length of the pulling sleeve, wherein said internal thread is adapted to be screwed onto a threaded end of a bolt over a complete length of the internal thread, and also having an external thread extending over the complete length of the pulling sleeve; and a pressing sleeve that is adapted to be supported on said component, wherein said pressing sleeve has an internal thread which is adapted to be screwed onto said external thread of said pulling sleeve, wherein an end of said internal thread of said pressing sleeve that faces the component engages said external thread of said pulling sleeve to such an extent that said end of said internal thread of said pressing sleeve is spaced by an axial distance equaling several revolutions of the external thread of the pulling sleeve from an end of said pulling sleeve that faces said component, wherein said external thread of said pulling sleeve is furthermore adapted to threadedly receive a pull bushing of the hydraulic or pneumatic bolt-tightening cylinder that is also provided with a support bushing that is adapted to be supported on said component and to extend over said pulling sleeve and said pressing sleeve, and wherein said pressing sleeve includes a counterbore or recess in an area in which said external thread of said pulling sleeve and said internal thread of said pressing sleeve do not inter-engage.