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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Shawn G. Mclean, Richmond, VA (US);
Michael Knipple, Watertown, CT (US);
Frank Piacenti, Campbellsville, KY (US);
Shawn G. McLean, Richmond, VA (US);
Michael Knipple, Watertown, CT (US);
Frank Piacenti, Campbellsville, KY (US);
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A compression limiter assembly having a spring washer and a sleeve. The sleeve includes a cylindrical body and a flange radially extending from a first end of the body. A fastener inserted through the spring washer is received in a through aperture of the cylindrical body. The fastener includes a head, an unthreaded shank portion extending from the head, and a threaded shank portion extending from the unthreaded shank portion having a threaded diameter greater than a diameter of the unthreaded shank portion. An annular swage created proximate to the flange defines an internal protuberance extending into the through aperture of the cylindrical body. The protuberance is operable to prevent release of the fastener by contact between the threaded shank portion and the protuberance. The unthreaded shank portion is capable of lateral motion within a diameter defined by the protuberance.