Patent ID: 7698798

Claim:
A method of securing a nut plate to a wall defined by an aperture through a workpiece from a first side of the workpiece, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a nut plate which includes a nut, a member having at least a portion thereof which has an increased diameter portion, and a holding bracket having a tubular portion having first and second ends and a bracket portion extending from said first end of said tubular portion, said tubular portion having an outer wall with lobes protruding outwardly therefrom, said tubular portion having an aperture provided therethrough which defines an inner wall of said tubular portion, said inner wall defining a shoulder proximate to said first end of said tubular portion; b) inserting said member into said aperture of said tubular portion from said first end of said tubular portion such that said increased diameter portion of said member is positioned on said shoulder of said inner wall of said tubular portion; c) placing said nut into said bracket portion; d) inserting said tubular portion into an aperture of a workpiece from a first side thereof such that an undersurface of said bracket portion is positioned on the first side of the workpiece; e) applying a force to said member in order to push said member through said aperture of said tubular portion such that said inner wall of said aperture is expanded to force said lobes on said outer wall to embed into a wall defined by the aperture of the workpiece to secure said tubular portion to the workpiece.