Abstract: An isolator assembly includes an electrical receptacle housing. The housing defines an aperture extending inwardly from a first exterior wall of the housing and a longitudinal centerline of the aperture. The housing further has an internal cavity extending from the aperture and a slot spaced from the internal cavity and extending from a second exterior wall of the housing. The slot is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the aperture. The isolator assembly also includes a plurality of terminals positioned in the housing, a nut sized for placement in the slot of the housing, a conduit fitting including a stem having a portion thereof sized for placement in the aperture of the housing, and a flexible conduit. The conduit is connected to the conduit fitting and contains a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the plurality of terminals within the electrical receptacle housing.

Abstract: A spring nut to be fastened to a bolt comprises a frame (1) to which are attached two mutually opposite resilient clamping legs (5, 6). Also present is a locking leg (9), which is attached by one end bendably about1 the frame (1) and which in a closed position comes into engagement with a holding arrangement (13, 14). In the closed position, the locking leg (9) exerts on at least one clamping leg (5, 6) a closing force that leads to a holding force holding the spring nut on the bolt. As a result, despite relatively high nominal holding forces, the mating and withdrawal forces for mating the spring nut onto and removing it from the bolt are comparatively low.

Abstract: A self-attaching nut for installation in a panel by a plunger driven against the bottom face of the nut, the bottom face of the nut including parallel rails on opposed sides of a channel-shaped recess and a threaded bore through the recess, eliminating the requirement for a countersink in the bore at the bottom face and preventing tapping burrs from being driven back into the bore during installation.

Abstract: A retainer for securing a truck wheel nut to a rim clamp of a wheel and thereby preventing the wheel nut from turning relative to the rim clamp is disclosed. The retainer comprises a substantially flat annular member made of a resilient metal, the annular member having an inner rim defining an opening and a planar outer rim circumferentially surrounding the inner rim. The outer rim has opposite first and second sides and the opening is dimensioned and configured to receive and secure the wheel nut. The retainer also has a first arm extending substantially perpendicularly from the first side of the outer rim at a first portion of the outer rim, and a second arm extending substantially perpendicularly from the first side of the outer rim at a second portion of the outer rim, the second portion of the outer rim being positioned at an obtuse angel relative to the first portion of the outer rim.

Abstract: In a component mounting in motor vehicle bodies with a sheet metal nut and a screw bolt, wherein the sheet metal nut has in its base plate a funnel-shaped relief preceding the tubular projection comprising the thread and a holding arm preceding the base plate and comprising a through-opening, and the screw bolt is provided with a point, and the sheet metal nut is provided in the holding arm preceding the funnel-shaped relief with a through-opening which corresponds approximately to the size of the external diameter of the funnel-shaped relief, and the sheet metal nut is held in a restricted and readily movable manner on the body sheet by a holding opening and lateral beads in a region corresponding approximately to the difference between the internal and external diameters of the funnel-shaped relief.