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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ollivier Carletti, Vaux le Penil, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403194 ; 403194 ; 403195 ; 403239 ; 403372 ; 411535 ; 411546 ; 16-2 ;
Abstract
A device for use in fixing an element to a panel of sandwich or hollow construction comprising two parallel skins, the device acting as a spacer and comprising two bushes each having a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers extending axially from a tubular part at one end of the bush, the bushes being placed head to tail in such a way that the fingers of each bush alternate with the fingers of the other. The free ends of the fingers of each bush spread outwards and act upon the inner face of the opposite skin, the tubular part of the bush being located in a hole of the respective skin and having an axial face forming a bearing surface for the fastening member or the element.