Patent ID: 8196271

Claim:
Apparatus for securing a first member and a second member to one another, the first and second members including a bore extending through at least one of the first and second members and at least partially through the other of the first and second members, the apparatus comprising: a pin connector including a head portion having a first diameter; an elongate shank extending from the head portion, the shank having at least a first portion with a second diameter that is less than the first diameter; and an enlarged ball portion positioned along the shank, the ball portion being shaped substantially as a double-truncated sphere and having a third diameter that is less than the first diameter but greater than the second diameter; an annular groove in the second member, the annular groove extending around the bore; and a canted coil spring disposed within the groove; wherein the apparatus is configured such that the spring exerts a squeezing force on the ball portion when the pin connector is disposed within the bore.