Bolted joint using deformable sleeve with longitudinal grooves

A zero-clearance bolted joint that includes a clamped component and a bolt receiving member that are fastened together with a bolt and sleeve assembly, said bolted joint comprising:

• a clamped component having an upper face and an aperture provided there through having an aperture diameter, said aperture defining a clamped component aperture wall;
• a bolt receiving member having
• a counter bore having a counter bore diameter equal to the aperture diameter, said counter bore defining a counter bore wall and counter bore bottom surface, and
• a through hole coaxial and concentric with the counter bore, said counter bore being aligned with said aperture of said clamped component;
• and
• a bolt and sleeve assembly including
• a bolt having
• a head having a width which is larger than said width of said aperture diameter, said head being in abutting engagement with said upper face of said clamped component, and
• a shaft extending from said head, said shaft having
• a shaft threaded portion spaced longitudinally away from the head, said threaded portion extending into said through hole of said bolt receiving member, and
• a shaft non-threaded portion which is disposed between said head and said shaft threaded portion, and
• a shoulder formed on the shaft non-threaded portion;
• a sleeve having a sleeve outer surface defining an outer sleeve diameter, and a sleeve interior surface that contacts the shoulder, said sleeve having
• a sleeve first end,
• a sleeve second end opposite the sleeve first end,
• a sleeve through bore defining the sleeve interior surface having an inner sleeve diameter, wherein the sleeve interior surface contacts the shoulder,
• at least one longitudinal groove integrally formed in the sleeve interior surface, wherein said at least one longitudinal groove extends at least partially between the sleeve first end and sleeve second end,
• said bolt and sleeve assembly fastens the clamped component and the bolt receiving member together to form the bolted joint when the sleeve is positioned within said aperture of said clamped component and within the counter-bore of said bolt receiving member such that there is a zero clearance fit between the sleeve outer surface and both the clamped component aperture wall and the bolt receiving member counter bore wall.