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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wieslaw S Zaydel, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
85 83 ; 85 35 ; 85 36 ; 151 4174 ;
Abstract
A fastener assembly for securing a first member to an apertured second member which includes a stud fixed to the first member with the stud shank extending therefrom having a series of spaced apart annular retention grooves thereon, a stud retainer in the form of a plastic plug assembled into the aperture of the second member, the stud retainer having a socket cavity extending from one side to receive the stud shank in an interference fit therewith, and a nut threaded onto the stud retainer causing the material thereof to flow radially inward into the annular grooves of the stud shank whereby to entrap the stud shank in the stud retainer.