Patent ID: 7185556

Claim:
A tie rod jam nut, comprising: an elongated tubular body having a first end and a second end, the body having an axial internal bore constructed and arranged to receive a portion of an elongated tie rod; a locking portion connected to the tubular body, the locking portion positioned at the first end of the tubular body and having a threaded bore constructed and arranged to threadingly engage an externally threaded portion of a connecting component threadingly engaged with the tie rod, the locking portion having an axially facing face portion constructed and arranged, upon rotation of the locking portion in a first direction about the threaded portion of the connecting component, to engage an opposed axially facing portion of the tie rod in a manner to create opposed axial forces between the locking portion and the tie rod, and in the externally threaded portion of the connecting component, so as to rotationally and axially lock the connecting component with respect to the tie rod and locking portion and, upon rotation of the locking portion in a direction opposite the first direction about the threaded portion of the connecting component, to disengage the same opposed axially facing portion of the tie rod to release the opposed axial forces between the locking portion and the tie rod, and in the externally threaded portion of the connecting component, so as to rotationally and axially unlock the connecting component with respect to the tie rod and locking portion; an engagement portion connected to the tubular body and spaced distally from the locking portion toward the second end of the tubular body, the engagement portion constructed and arranged to be engaged and rotated so as to remotely rotate the locking portion between the locked and unlocked positions.