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US 2006/0179785 A1Published application
Fastener assembly and method of manufacture
AssigneeAlpha Stamping Company
InventorsRobert Stewart, Carl Lewis
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Abstract
A fastener assembly includes a retainer clip having a base, a deck spaced from the base and an opening in the base aligned with the deck. A threaded fastener has a head received through the opening in the base and non-rotatably secured to the deck, and an externally threaded body that extends through the opening in the base.
Claims18
A fastener assembly that includes:
- a retainer clip having a base, a deck spaced from said base and an opening in said base aligned with said deck, and
- a threaded fastener having a head received through said opening in said base and non-rotatably secured to said deck, and an externally threaded body that extends from said head through said opening in said base.
A fastener assembly that includes:
- a retainer clip having a flat base, a deck spaced from said base, a hexagonal opening in said deck and an opening in said base aligned with said hexagonal opening, and
- a flange bolt having a hexagonal head received through said opening in said base into said hexagonal opening in said deck, a flange disposed adjacent to said deck between said deck and said base, and an externally threaded body extending from said flange through said opening in said base.
A fastener system that includes:
- a wall having opposed surfaces and a keyhole-shaped opening extending between said surfaces, and
- a fastener assembly that includes:
- a retainer clip having a flat base against one surface of said wall, a deck extending from said base through an enlarged portion of said keyhole-shaped opening to a position overlying the opposing surface of said wall, an extension from said base having at least one tang received in said enlarged portion of said keyhole-shaped opening to prevent rotation of said retainer clip with respect to said wall, and a hexagonal opening in said deck aligned with a small portion of said keyhole-shaped opening, and
- a flange bolt having a hexagonal head received in said hexagonal opening in said deck, a flange disposed between said deck and said other surface of said wall, and an externally threaded body extending from said flange through said small portion of said keyhole-shaped opening in said wall.
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A method of making a fastener assembly that includes the steps of:
- (a) providing a retainer clip having a flat base, a deck spaced from said base, a hexagonal opening in said deck and an opening in said base aligned with said hexagonal opening,
- (b) providing a flange bolt having a hexagonal head, a flange disposed adjacent to said head and an externally threaded body extending from said flange,
- (c) inserting said hexagonal head and said flange through said opening in said base until said hexagonal head is received within said hexagonal opening in said deck, and then
- (d) securing said hexagonal head to said deck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.