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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Arnold Marcus, Orange, CT (US);
Arnold Marcus, Orange, CT (US);
Centrum Equities Acquisition LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A system of aligning and connecting a threaded male fastener to a correspondingly threaded female fastener has a nut having a plurality of upturned sides and a central axis aligned with that of one of the male or female fastener. The system includes a guide sleeve having a cylindrical internal surface and an end sized to fit within the upturned sides of the nut, and a guide member having a cylindrical external surface and a central axis aligned with that of the other of the male or female fastener. The guide member cylindrical external surface is slidingly and rotatably movable with respect to the guide sleeve cylindrical internal surface. The guide sleeve end fits within the upturned sides of the nut and the guide member is adapted to be slid into the guide sleeve, such that the threaded male and female fasteners are coaxially aligned and contacted. The guide member is rotated with respect to the guide sleeve so that threads of the male fastener engage threads of the female fastener.