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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Jeffrey M. McCarty, Cayce, SC (US);
Jason R. Moore, Chapin, SC (US);
Nathan J. Payne, West Columbia, SC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly that has no threaded connections. A rod with pins or machined features radially extending from a distal end is configured to rotate until the pins align with grooves in a hole through a base plate. The rod is inserted through the hole until the pins are through an opposite surface of the base plate, compressing spring components on the rod. Then the rod is rotated until the pins are aligned with slots that partially extend through the second side of the base plate and the pins become seated in the slots. To remove the rod a tool that engages an articulated feature on the distal end of the rod is installed. The tool rotates the rod until the pins are disengaged from the slots, aligned with the through grooves and passed through the base plate.