Arrangement for attaching two members to each other
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsushige Goto, Shuji Ito, Junzo Ozawa
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Abstract
In an arrangement for attaching a pair of members to each other, a spacer member provides the function to extend and retract in the axial direction so that the positioning of a first member to a second member is facilitated because a gap may be defined between the two members before joining them to each other, and the dimensional precision between the steering hanger pipe and the front pillar of the vehicle body is not required to be unduly high. This gap is filled by the spacer member as a threaded bolt is fastened owing to the action of a reverse thread, and the two members can be firmly attached to each other without involving any unacceptable deformation of the two members.
Claims8
An arrangement for attaching a pair of members to each other, comprising:
- a nut member attached to or provided on a first member, said nut member being provided with a small normal threaded hole near an axial end of said nut member remote from a second member and a large reverse threaded hole near the other axial end of said nut member adjacent to the second member and axially aligned with said small threaded hole;
- a substantially cylindrical spacer member defining a central through hole therein, said spacer member being provided with a large reverse threaded part on an outer circumferential surface thereof which is threaded into said large reverse threaded hole of said nut member and a small normal threaded hole having a same configuration as said small normal threaded hole of said nut member and axially aligned with said large reverse threaded hole;
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- a threaded bolt adapted to be passed through a hole provided in said second member and provided with a normal threaded part which is adapted to be threaded into said small normal threaded holes of said spacer and nut members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.