Abstract: A skateboard truck includes a metal bolt called a kingpin and a threaded fastener, called a hex nut, which when combined hold the two main components of a truck together: the baseplate, which is mounted to the bottom surface of the skateboard deck; and the turning part of the truck called the hanger, which is mounted onto the baseplate by means of the kingpin, and affixed tightly into the baseplate by means of a threaded hex nut. Two bushings placed along the shaft of the kingpin and on either side of a flange protruding from the hanger hold the hanger in place by the tightening of the kingpin into the threaded shaft nut fastener. The kingpin is oriented such that a threaded portion of the kingpin (on an end opposite a bolt head portion) is generally facing towards a bottom surface of the skateboard deck.

Abstract: A skateboard truck includes a metal bolt called a kingpin and a threaded fastener, called a hex nut, which when combined hold the two main components of a truck together: the baseplate, which is mounted to the bottom surface of the skateboard deck; and the turning part of the truck called the hanger, which is mounted onto the baseplate by means of the kingpin, and affixed tightly into the baseplate by means of a threaded hex nut. Two bushings placed along the shaft of the kingpin and on either side of a flange protruding from the hanger hold the hanger in place by the tightening of the kingpin into the threaded shaft nut fastener. The kingpin is oriented such that a threaded portion of the kingpin (on an end opposite a bolt head portion) is generally facing towards a bottom surface of the skateboard deck.

Abstract: A direct fixation track rail fastener includes a fastener body having a top plate, a frame, and an overmolded jacket. A first and a second lateral positioner are positioned in positioner bores extending through the fastener body, and each includes an eccentric. The eccentrics include axially extending external teeth interlocked with axially extending slots within the positioner bores. In an aspect, the eccentrics are dual eccentrics each including tooth and slot interlocking arrangements with another eccentric or the frame.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for locking the rotational position of a fastener component which is rotatable about an axis relative to a structure. The locking apparatus includes a collar and a rigid arm. The collar is configured to engage with the fastener component such that relative rotation of the collar and the fastener component is substantially prevented. The arm has a first end configured to engage with the collar such that rotation of the collar relative to the first end is substantially prevented, and a second end configured to engage with the structure such that rotation of the arm relative to the structure is substantially prevented. The collar has an inner surface having a first finite order of rotational symmetry about the axis, and an outer surface having a second, larger, finite order of rotational symmetry about the axis.

Abstract: The invention concerns a part of a turbomachine, including an element having a first aerodynamic surface including a counterbore at the bottom of which is provided a mounting hole of a fastening screw of the part, and a washer configured to be accommodate into the counterbore and intended to serve as a support for a head of the fastening screw, wherein the washer has an asymmetry of revolution about a screwing axis and is engaged by shape complementarity in the counterbore, and in that the washer includes a second aerodynamic surface extending in the continuity of the first surface.

Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to methods and devices for passing suture bi-directionally using a hybrid approach. Embodiments of a method described herein include steps of advancing a suture at least partially through tissue; and retrieving the suture; wherein one of the steps of advancing and retrieving comprises manipulating the suture directly, and wherein the other step of advancing and retrieving comprises manipulating a suture trap to which the suture is coupled.

Abstract: An anti-loosening device includes a main body and an O-ring, which serves as an elastic member attached to the main body. The main body includes a fitting hole, into which the bolt head of a tension bolt is to be fitted, and eight holding sections, which laterally hold the bolt head fitted in the fitting hole. The holding sections are configured to open about the center line of the fitting hole and to laterally hold the bolt head fitted in the fitting hole.

Abstract: A screw with anti-loosening means, which includes a securing element with a ring portion and that can be inserted about a shaft of the screw under a head thereof and, with the screw in a state in which it is screwed on a base, prevents the screw from being turned back counter to a screwing-in direction. The securing element has on the ring portion, on a side facing the surface of the base, at least one projection which can be pressed into the surface when screwing in the screw. The securing element can have an outer circumferential region of the ring portion, with finger-like extensions which, with the securing element in the inserted state, extend along the circumference of the head and under spring-elastic forces of the securing element, contact a surface structure of the body that has an inhibiting action counter to the screwing-in direction.

Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, a housing fixed within the shell, first and second scroll members disposed within the shell, a sleeve guide, a fastener, and a washer. The first scroll member may have a first spiral wrap extending from a first end plate and a radially outward extending scroll flange defining an opening. The second scroll member may have a second spiral wrap intermeshed with the first spiral wrap. The sleeve guide may be disposed within the opening in the scroll flange and may define an axial bore. The fastener may be disposed within the axial bore and engaged with the housing. The washer may be located between a head of the fastener and the scroll flange. A first portion of the washer may extend radially outward from the fastener head and may define a rotational stop inhibiting washer rotation through engagement with a rotationally fixed structure.

Abstract: In a screw installation structure in which a first member, made of an iron-based material and having a male screw-threaded portion, is fixed to a second member, made of an aluminum-based material and having a screw hole, by screw-threaded connection between the male screw-threaded portion and the screw hole, a non-circular deformed portion is partly formed on an outer periphery of a portion of the first member, exposed from the screw hole of the second member. Also provided is an anti-rotation and anti-loosening member configured to be brought into fitted-engagement with the non-circular deformed portion. The anti-rotation and anti-loosening member, in fitted-engagement with the non-circular deformed portion, is brazed onto a surface of the second member in wall contact with a contact surface of the anti-rotation and anti-loosening member, so as to prevent loosening of the first member relative to the second member.

Abstract: A nut plate assembly includes a nut retainer and a bushing for expanding a tubular body of the retainer. The retainer assembly is used to cold work an opening of a workpiece in order to fix the nut retainer assembly relative to the workpiece. A nut member can be snapped into the retainer. A method of installation includes passing a mandrel through the bushing to radially expand the bushing into a tubular body of the retainer. The tubular body is compressed between the workpiece and bushing as the bushing is displaced radially causing corresponding radial displacement of the tubular body. The expanded bushing applies pressure to the tubular body for a desired fit between the nut retainer and workpiece.

Abstract: This invention relates to a bolt retention clip, comprising: a base plate having a seat portion for the bolt head; first and second arms extending from opposing sides of the base plate so as define a bolt head zone in which the bolt head sits in use; and, an axis which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the bolt when in use, wherein the first and second arms each have a resilient outwardly curving portion, and a contacting surface in series with the outwardly curving portion for contacting the side of the bolt head in use.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine having two components attached together via a stud retention arrangement. The stud retention arrangement includes a stud having a shaft and an integral collar that is located between two engagement sections. A recess and a groove are defined in one of the components and an anti-rotation element; the collar defines a retention surface and is located within the collar recess, the anti-rotation element is located within the groove and engages the retention surface to prevent rotation of the stud during assembly of the components.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine mid turbine frame apparatus includes a an inner case supporting a bearing, an outer case to which the inner case is mounted, and an apparatus for radially positioning one relative to the other, the apparatus including a plurality of radial locators extending outwardly of the outer case and an associated locking apparatus. The locking apparatus is mounted adjacent to but independent of the locators and provides for anti-rotation of the radial locators once installed.

Abstract: A fastener retainer is provided capable of retaining a fastener to a part prior to and during assembly. A first portion engages a fastener flange while leaving a fastener head exposed for assembly tool access. A second portion has flanges that engage the edges of the part.

Abstract: The present invention is a weld adapter including a body portion having a first aperture and at least two flanges connected to the body portion. The present invention also includes a second aperture formed in one of the at least two flanges, with the second aperture substantially aligned with the first aperture. Additionally, one of the flanges is adaptable for being connected to a structure.

Abstract: A fastener retainer is provided capable of retaining a fastener to a part prior to and during assembly. A first portion engages a fastener flange while leaving a fastener head exposed for assembly tool access. A second portion has flanges that engage the edges of the part.

Abstract: In some embodiments fastening apparatus includes a threaded fastening element adapted to be threaded into a hole provided in a first component, the threaded fastening element including a locking collar that is defined by at least one outer peripheral surface, and a locking washer adapted to fit within a recess formed in the component to limit rotation of the threaded fastening element once the element is threaded into the component hole, the washer including an inner opening defined by at least one inner peripheral surface and a non-circular outer shape defined by an outer peripheral surface, the inner opening being adapted to receive the locking collar such that the at least one outer peripheral surface of the collar can contact the at least one inner peripheral surface of the washer.

Abstract: A fastening element (10; 40) having a bracket (11; 41) and a receiving fixture (20; 50) for a nut body (33), the bracket (11; 41) having at least one bearing surface (16, 17; 46) for the receiving fixture (20; 50) and at least one holding element (14, 15; 43,44, 45) reaching over the receiving fixture (20; 50), and the receiving fixture (20; 50) being held by the bracket (11; 41) with play. The fastening element (10; 40) serves as a cage nut for connecting structural parts.

Abstract: A locking device is disclosed for preventing rotation of one component relative to another component to which it is connected. The locking device comprises a locking plate having a component engaging portion to engage one component, A surface of the locking plate is grooved to engage with a grooved surface carried by the other component. One or more fixing holes are provided for one or more fixing members to be passed through, to force the grooved surface of the locking plate into engagement with the grooved surface carried by the other component.

Abstract: Retainer for threaded fasteners such as the cap screws that secure the end caps of roller bearing assemblies to railroad axles. A locking plate is constrained against rotation relative to the fastener, a lock ring having a plurality of openings disposed along a circular path is placed over the head of the fastener, with the fastener being received in a non-circular central opening in the ring and thereby constrained against rotation relative to the ring, and tabs extending from the locking plate and engaging the lock ring through the openings to retain the lock ring on the fastener and prevent the lock ring and fastener from turning. In the disclosed embodiments, the ring can be placed on the fastener in different rotative positions, and the number of tab openings is either a prime number or another number that is not divisible by factors of the number of ring positions, whereby the fastener can be selectively locked in a relatively large number of different positions no more than a few degrees apart.

Abstract: A fan rotor arrangement comprises a fan rotor (24) and a plurality of fan blades (26). Each fan blade (26) comprises a root portion (36) and an aerofoil portion (38). Each aerofoil portion (38) has a leading edge (44), a trailing edge (46) and a tip (48). Concave pressure surface (50) and convex suction surface (52) extend from the leading edge (44) to the trailing edge (46) of each aerofoil portion (38). An annular wall (54) surrounds the fan rotor (24) and fan blades (26) and an inner surface (56) of the annular wall (54) has a circumferentially extending groove (58). The circumferentially extending groove (58) is arranged axially, or chordally, between the leading edges (44) and the trailing edges (46) at the tips (48) of the aerofoil portions (38) of the fan blades (26).

Abstract: A rotorcraft rotor includes a hub , a first blade having a first twistable structure secured to the hub by a first bolt and a first ring or washer , a second blade having a second twistable structure secured to the hub by a second bolt and a second ring or washer. The rotor includes a stop structure for preventing each ring or washer from turning relative to the hub or relative to the corresponding twistable structure.

Abstract: A device for fastening two parts to each other includes fastening screws extending in aligned passages in the two parts and receiving nuts, and a removable element for preventing the screw heads from moving during tightening or loosening of the nuts on the screws, this removable element cooperating with one of the two parts for preventing rotation of the screw heads relative to this part.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fastener made compact on the whole and capable of producing a strong fastening strength. To attain the object according to the invention, there is provided a fastener for being fitted to a fastening member (B) while continually exerting a tightening torque to the fastening member (B) fixedly screwed onto a mounting base, comprising a torsion coil spring formed in a winding shape so as to be inserted in an axial direction of the fastening member (B) into the fastening member (B) and having a fixing end (13) to be fixed onto the mounting base (A), and a detachable stopper (2) for restraining the torsion coil spring (1) in a state of accumulating a tightening torque.

Abstract: A body comprising a nut retaining apparatus mounted thereon for fastening a bolt to the body. The bolt is inserted into a bolt insertion hole at an end surface of the body from a direction inclined with respect to a direction tangent to the body. The nut retaining apparatus comprises a nut retainer and a nut holder, the nut retainer positioned at an insertion end of the bolt insertion hole in the body and against which a nut member having a threaded hole abuts, and the nut holder mounted on the body for supporting the nut member in the inclined direction. The nut member is retained and supported in the inclined direction at a position between the nut retainer and nut holder and continuous with the bolt insertion hole.

Abstract: A locking fastener assembly having a threaded member with a slot, a threaded rotatable fastener having a flange, the flange having a periphery and including at least one aperture extending through the flange, wherein the threaded rotatable fastener is engageable with the threaded member. The flange on the nut further includes a notch along the periphery of the flange. The locking fastener assembly also contains a retainer having an outer margin defining a plurality of notches and a protruding member, wherein the protruding member is engageable with the slot on the threaded member. A locking pin is also provided, wherein the locking pin is engageable with at least one of the threaded apertures in the flange and at least one of the notches in the retainer. In a preferred embodiment, the locking pin is aligned with at least one notch in the retainer when the notch on the flange is aligned with at least one notch on the retainer.

Abstract: A fastening system and assembly functions as a washer ring components but also provides for locking the bolt head end to prevent rotation of the threaded shaft while tightening the nut. The same device can be used alone on the threaded end of a bolt, or in conjunction with another device on the bolt head end, to locking the nut after tightening. The fastener has a flat face on one surface but is sufficiently thick to receive either the nut or the bolt head in a cavity formed in the other surface. The cavity is co-axial with a central bore passing through the fastener, with the cavity having larger interior dimensions matched to the profile of the intended nut or bolt head. The fastener may also included one or more mounting or fastening holes outside of the central bore for securing it to a fixed object, typically the structure to be joined by the fastener.

Abstract: A tightening device includes an energizing member for energizing a tightening member to be secured to a tightening object. The energizing member integrally has at its one end an engaging part to be engaged with the tightening member. A switching member is connected to the tightening member for switching over to the constraining or operating state of the energizing force imparted to the tightening member by the energizing member. The switching member initially tightly holds the engaging part of the energizing member and the other end portion thereof to constrain the energizing force and is then separated from the engaging part and the other end portion of the energizing member to activate the energizing force.

Abstract: A retention structure includes a retainer housing for retaining an object, such as a fastener, commonly used to secure trim panel to an inner vehicle panel. The retainer housing is defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a back wall, and a base. The first sidewall, the second sidewall and the back wall extend from a substrate to the base. The base includes an insertion slot and a retention portion for retaining the fastener. The retention portion includes at least one cutout for increasing the flexibility of the base. The retainer housing also includes a holding arm integral to the retainer housing. The holding arm acts provides a biasing force on the fastener once the fastener is inserted into the retaining portion and restrains lateral movement of the fastener. This abstract submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A retention structure includes a retainer housing for retaining an object, such as a fastener, commonly used to secure trim panel to an inner vehicle panel. The retainer housing is defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a back wall, and a base. The first sidewall, the second sidewall and the back wall extend from a substrate to the base. The base includes an insertion slot and a retention portion for retaining the fastener. The retention portion includes at least one cutout for increasing the flexibility of the base. The retainer housing also includes a holding arm integral to the retainer housing. The holding arm acts provides a biasing force on the fastener once the fastener is inserted into the retaining portion and restrains lateral movement of the fastener. This abstract submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A first washer is disposed on an upper surface of a member to be tightened and its projecting portion is inserted into a clearance formed between a trunk of a bolt and a piercing hole of the member to be tightened. A second washer is disposed on an upper surface of the first washer and its claw portion is met with engaging teeth of the first washer. A head portion of the bolt is fitted into a fitting portion of the second washer. The first washer and the second washer are allowed to relatively rotate in a direction of tightening the bolt which is achieved by the claw portion sliding along sloped wall surfaces of the engaging teeth and are prevented from relative rotation in a direction of loosening the bolt which is achieved by the claw portion engaging with substantially vertical wall surfaces of the engaging teeth.

Abstract: A locking device for preventing the loosening of a screw. The device consists of a flat strip of spring steel, the first end of which has an opening cut in a eight pointed star pattern for the purposes of slipping over and engaging the head of a screw. The second end is notched in such a way as to clip under the edge of a drum hoop when flexed downward by thumb pressure.

Abstract: A cutter assembly includes a cutting bit, a replacable wear surface in the form of a washer, and a sleeve. The cutting bit has a forward cutting tip, a rearward extending shank adapted to be received in a tool holder, and a rearward facing shoulder. The sleeve surrounds the shank and includes a forward edge. The washer includes a central hole receiving the cutting bit shank, a front surface and a back surface joined by an outer asymmetrical edge of angularly variable radius. A portion of the washer front surface is in sliding contact with the rearward facing bit shoulder. The washer back surface includes a lip extending rearward from only a segment of the asymmetric edge for engaging an outer shoulder of a holder to inhibit rotation of the washer relative to the holder.

Abstract: A carriage fixing screw housing structure in which a carriage fixing screw for externally screwing and fixing carriages of an image reader is held, when not used, by a screw holder formed on a part of an image reader to prevent loss of the carriage fixing screw after removed from the carriage. A screw holder is formed on a part, such as the back face of the main body of an image reader, and includes a holder to hold the threaded part of a carriage fixing screw and a housing 23 to house the head of the fixing screw.

Abstract: A one-piece flag nut having a flag portion protruding perpendicularly to the axis of a nut portion thereof such that during installation, as the flag nut rotates, the flag portion catches on any nearby structure and acts as a wrench during the installation process. The one-piece flag nut is formed by an extrusion process, and preferably formed to have ribs provided on the flag portion thereof which provide strength to the flag nut. The outer edges of the flag portion are preferably rolled to prevent the flag portion from being hung up on the structure during the installation process, thus preventing the flag nut from being properly seated.

Abstract: A locking fastener assembly having a threaded member with a slot, a threaded rotatable fastener having a flange, the flange having a periphery and including at least one aperture extending through the flange, wherein the threaded rotatable fastener is engageable with the threaded member. The flange on the nut further includes a notch along the periphery of the flange. The locking fastener assembly also contains a retainer having an outer margin defining a plurality of notches and a protruding member, wherein the protruding member is engageable with the slot on the threaded member. A locking pin is also provided, wherein the locking pin is engageable with at least one of the threaded apertures in the flange and at least one of the notches in the retainer. In a preferred embodiment, the locking pin is aligned with at least one notch in the retainer when the notch on the flange is aligned with at least one notch on the retainer.

Abstract: A fastener for a plastic structure includes an elastic hook protrusion formed one of a fixing structure and a coupling structure integrally coupled to the fixing structure and having an extension portion maintaining a width of a profile extended than that of a body portion and a cut portion formed at a center of the extension portion in a lengthwise direction of the body portion, a one-way insertion portion formed on the other structure of the fixing structure and the coupling structure on which the elastic hook protrusion is not formed, having an inclined portion inclined in an elastic pipe form in a direction in which the elastic hook protrusion is inserted and a through hole formed in the coupling structure so that the elastic hook protrusion is inserted and hooked therein, and a wedge inserted in the cut groove of the elastic hook protrusion after the elastic hook protrusion is inserted in the one-way insertion portion to prevent the elastic hook protrusion from being separated from the one-way insertion

Abstract: A method and apparatus for restricting rotation of a threaded fastener, the apparatus including a bracket member having a securing segment and an extending segment that are integrally linked wherein the securing segment forms a recess and the extending segment forms at least one restraining surface wherein a bonding material that solidifies and remains flexible upon curing is provided within the recess and, with the threaded fastener received within an aperture, the bracket member is positionable such that one end of the threaded member is receivable within the recess and within the bonding material prior to curing and the restraining surface contacts a surface of a receiving member to restrict motion of the bracket member about the aperture.

Abstract: In a structure for attaching a link for an opening-closing member of the present invention, an end portion of a tail gate open stay 4 disposed between an opening 2 and a tail gate 3 of a vehicle body is supported by a pivotally supporting bolt 5 which is threadedly engaged with a nut 7 provided on a bracket 6 welded to the opening 2 side. The nut is formed into a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape by extrusion forming, the bracket is formed by bending a plate material in such a manner as to wrap three surfaces of the nut on its short base side, and the nut is welded to the bracket.

Abstract: A device for use with a skateboard and a skateboard truck assembly to facilitate the removal and replacement of various component parts of a skateboard truck assembly including the bushings and the tension bolt, which is used to join the base plate and the axle assembly. The bolt, which is inserted through the aligned apertures in the axle assembly and the base plate, penetrates into the area beneath the base plate where it emerges and mates with the threaded nut. The device is supported by the bottom surface of the board and held stationary inside a pocket formed within the underside of the base plate and consists of integrally formed components including a generally flat base, a sloped guide platform situated upon the base, and an upstanding heel section formed at the base of the sloped guide platform. The guide platform is constructed according to a specific angle of inclination to fix the nut's orientation and to enable the nut and the threaded end of the bolt to properly align and engage.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a rail guiding a window support slider and fixing said slider on said window. A pin is pre-mounted in an opening of a branch of the slider, opposite a corresponding passage hole in the window, and a screw pre-assembled to the second branch of the slider on the side opposite the pin and opposite the window hole. When the screw is screwed into the slider and through the window hole, then in an axial channel of the pin, it exerts thereon a traction which causes it to slide inside the slider hole and the window hole until is urged to stop against the slider branch. This assembly is extremely simple and ensures more dependable mounting than known devices. The user operating it senses when the assembling is completed by the increased in the screw torque. Moreover, if the pin if forgotten, the screw slips thereby warning the operable about the absence of the pin.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for restricting rotation of a threaded fastener, the apparatus including a bracket member having a securing segment and an extending segment that are integrally linked wherein the securing segment forms a recess and the extending segment forms at least one restraining surface wherein a bonding material that solidifies and remains flexible upon curing is provided within the recess and, with the threaded fastener received within an aperture, the bracket member is positionable such that one end of the threaded member is receivable within the recess and within the bonding material prior to curing and the restraining surface contacts a surface of a receiving member to restrict motion of the bracket member about the aperture.

Abstract: A screw retention device is disclosed having a clamping part and a hook part. The clamping part engages the head of a screw for securely retaining the screw. The hook part interacts with a surface of the component on which the screw is fastened to limit the rotation of the screw. The screw retention device is configured to be used with any known screw having a protruding head. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the screw retention device is used with a serrated screw wherein the clamping part of the screw retention device includes a serrated portion which corresponds to and engages with the serrations on the serrated screw to securely grip the screw.

Abstract: A screw retention device is disclosed for maintaining at least a pair of screws in a substantially static position. The screw retention device preferably includes at least two clamping portions, each clamping portion defining a recess therein for receiving and securely retaining a screw. The clamping portions include a serrated surface extending circumferentially around an inside periphery of the clamping portion, surrounding the recess. The serrated surface of the clamping portion corresponds to and engages with a serrated surface on the screw to retain the screw. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the screw retention device is press fitted onto the screws.

Abstract: A screw-locking device which is suitable, in particular, for pruning shears includes a catch disk having a toothed rim with axially directed teeth and a spring collar whose teeth are formed by individual webs which extend freely between an inner ring and an outer ring of the collar. These webs have a catch of V-shaped cross section for the engagement of the teeth of the catch disk, one tooth of the catch disk lying in the clearance space of the spring collar, and the adjacent teeth engaging in the V-shaped recesses of the radial webs. According to a further refinement, the tooth webs may be provided with lateral inclined contact surfaces. The spring collar has projecting lugs on the side opposite the tooth system.

Abstract: A headrest guide for receiving a headrest rod including a collet having an adjustable inner diameter positioned within a sleeve. A lock member for maintaining a constant inner diameter ofthe collet is engaged once the inner diameter of the collet is properly sized relative to the headrest rod. A method for fitting the headrest guide with the headrest rod includes sizing the inner diameter of the collet and then molding additional headrest guides so that the lock member is only functional when the inner diameter is at the desired size or within the desired range of sizes.

Abstract: An automatic screw clamping device for automatically tightening bolts fitted in a metallic mount member, which is hard to nail includes a casing (2), a rotator (4) disposed in the casing (2) in a manner that the rotator may rotate and move up and down, a biasing member (5) connected with the rotator (4) and the casing (2), and a covering member for covering over the casing (2). Fitments are provided on the lower end of the casing (2). The rotator (4) includes an inner periphery having an engaging portion (41) that can unrotatably mesh with the clamped member (n), and includes an outer periphery with a locking portion (42) which is unrotatably lockable to the casing (2). The rotator (4) locked to the casing (2) is engaged with the clamped member (n) to press the casing (2) downward.

Abstract: A fastener assembly is adapted for attaching an article to a workpiece having a slot. The fastener assembly includes a flanged nut which has internal threads and a non-circular cross-section, and a bolt having a threaded shank for engagement with the internal threads of the nut. The fastener assembly also includes a plate which comprises a main body and a tab portion extending from the main body. The plate has an opening complementary to the non-circular cross-section of the nut for receiving the nut therein and for securing the nut against rotation relative to the plate when the nut is placed in the opening. Alternatively, a nut is fixed to an underside of the plate against rotation and the opening in the plate is adapted for receiving the bolt therethrough. The tab portion of the plate extends into the slot in the workpiece for retaining the plate and nut and allowing limited float of the plate and nut with respect to the workpiece.

Abstract: Actuation lever for the actuation of a control lever in an automobile, in particular for the actuation of a seat, comprising an eccentric element having an eccentric circumferential surface and a bore, a bearing pin having a threaded portion at one end thereof, the threaded portion being adapted to be threaded into the bore of the eccentric element, the other end of the pin having engagement surfaces for a tool, said actuation lever having a bore, the pin being rotatable supported within the bore of the with a rotation of the eccentric element changing the spacing between the circumferential surface and the control lever, rotation limiting elements being provided upon the eccentric element and upon the control lever adjacent the bore such that in a first axial position of the bearing pin the limiting elements engage each other in order to prevent the eccentric element from rotating, and in a second axial position spaced from the first position the limiting elements are disengaged so as to permit rotation of t