Method of assembling a fastener assembly and of securing a fastener assembly

A method for securing a threaded fastener to an object have a surface, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) defining in the object with an inner wall a threaded hole, a bore contiguous with the threaded hole, and a slot contiguous with the bore, the bore being disposed between the threaded hole and the surface;
• b) inserting into the bore a fastener assembly including the threaded fastener and an internally-threaded collar disposed about the threaded fastener having a lug such that the internally-threaded collar is received by the bore and the lug is received by the slot to rotatably lock the internally-threaded collar to the inner wall, the internally-threaded collar having a substantially elliptical shape that is distorted;
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• c) rotating the threaded fastener relative to the internally-threaded collar and the surface to engage a portion of the inner wall defining the threaded hole, the distorted shape of the internally-threaded collar providing rotational resistance between the threaded fastener and the internally-threaded collar.

A method for securing a threaded fastener to an object having a surface, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) squeezing a circular collar having a locking structure and an inner threaded first wall defining a first hole so the collar has a substantially elliptical shape;
• b) threadingly engaging the threaded fastener with the threaded inner first wall to distort the substantially elliptical shape of the collar to provide rotational resistance between the threaded fastener and the collar;
• c) defining in the object with a second inner wall a second hole, a bore contiguous with the second hole, and a slot contiguous with the bore, a portion of the second inner wall defining the hole being threaded, the bore being disposed between the second hole and the surface;
• d) inserting into the bore the threaded fastener and the collar such that the collar is received by the bore and the locking structure is received by the slot to rotatably lock the collar to the object;
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• e) rotating the threaded fastener relative to the collar and the object to engage the threaded portion of the inner second wall.