Abstract: Angled shim stacks and methods of using the same, which can be used to support to a fenestration unit at those locations where the support is needed by providing a load bearing surface that matches the angle of the fenestration unit sill bottom regardless of the angle of the upper surface of the sill on which the fenestration unit is supported.

Abstract: A method for installing a compressor includes a preparing step of preparing a base plate that supports a support leg onto a foundation, a level adjusting member disposing step of disposing a plurality of level adjusting members having a wedge shape onto the base plate along an outline of a lower end portion of the support leg, an adjusting step of adjusting a horizontal level of a rotary machine main body by adjusting pushing amounts of the level adjusting members to the lower end portion of the support leg, and a fixing step of fixing positions of the support leg and the level adjusting members with respect to the base plate by welding the support leg to the plurality of level adjusting members.

Abstract: A shower door track for mounting in a bathtub or shower. The shower door track is supported on the bathtub or shower and has a top surface to direct water into the tub. A channel extends the length of the track. A flexible elastomeric strip is mounted in the channel and bends when the user applies a horizontal force to the elastomeric strip to prevent injury or discomfort to the user.

Abstract: Provided is a fastening component for vehicles that comprises a holding member, a nut, and a spacer. The holding member is made of a piece of plate material and bent to form first and second opposing portions that oppose each other. The nut comprises a bolt insertion hole and is arranged on an outer surface of the first opposing portion. The spacer having a cylindrical shape is arranged on an outer surface of the second opposing portion. The holding member comprises first and second through holes respectively penetrating the first and second opposing portions in respective thickness directions thereof. The first and second through holes are arranged to be continuous with the bolt insertion hole of the nut. The spacer is arranged to surround the bolt insertion hole when viewed along a central axis of the nut.

Abstract: Spacer nut for connecting spaced-apart fastening portions of two components, having a threaded part forming an internal thread for a screw, having an intermediate piece forming a thread and a through-passage opening, wherein the threaded part and the intermediate piece can be, or are, connected to one another such that an accommodating space for the fastening portion of a first component is formed between them and the internal thread and the through-passage opening in the intermediate piece are arranged in alignment, and having a spacer piece with a thread, which can be screwed together with the thread of the intermediate piece, a through-passage opening, which is in alignment with the internal thread, and a contact surface, which incorporates the one end of the through-passage opening of the spacer piece and is provided for abutment against the fastening portion of the second component.

Abstract: A shim for a work vehicle axle assembly includes a body having a substantially constant extent along a vertical axis and a first recess extending entirely though the body along the vertical axis. The first recess is configured to receive a shaft of a first fastener extending between a kingpin cap of the work vehicle axle assembly and a spindle, the first recess has a fastener-receiving portion and an inlet portion extending from the fastener-receiving portion of the first recess, a diameter of the fastener-receiving portion of the first recess is configured to be substantially equal to a diameter of the shaft of the first fastener, and a width of the inlet portion of the first recess is configured to be less than the diameter of the shaft of the first fastener.

Abstract: A compensator assembly for a vehicle frame includes a base member having a clip engaging a first frame component spaced from a second frame component. An extension member is threadably coupled with the base member. A fastener extends coaxially through the base and the extension members to engage the first and second frame components. Rotation of the fastener unthreads the extension member until it contacts the second frame component.

Abstract: An electrical box cover assembly includes a base having a central opening and a collar encircling the central opening. A sleeve slides through the collar and is adjusted to a selected position by manually moving the sleeve and then locking the sleeve in place by a locking device. An expandable locking device contacts an inner surface of the sleeve to lock the position of the sleeve with respect to the base. In one embodiment, the inner surface of the sleeve has at least one channel that extends in an axial direction with respect to an axial passage in the sleeve. The locking device expands outwardly to engage the opposing surfaces of the channel to prevent axial movement of the sleeve. A divider plate can be coupled to the sleeve to move with the sleeve and divide the electrical box into separate compartments. The divider can have fixed plate attached to the electrical box and movable plate coupled to the movable sleeve that slide on the fixed plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable spacer. The spacer includes an elongate member. The spacer includes a sleeve extendable around the elongate member. The elongate member is moveable relative to the sleeve. The sleeve has a locking member. The spacer includes an engaging member configured to selectively engage the locking member for inhibiting movement of the sleeve relative to the elongate member when a desired spacing of the elongate member relative to the sleeve is determined.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable spacer. The spacer includes an elongate member. The spacer includes a sleeve extendable around the elongate member. The elongate member is moveable relative to the sleeve. The sleeve has a locking member. The spacer includes an engaging member configured to selectively engage the locking member for inhibiting movement of the sleeve relative to the elongate member when a desired spacing of the elongate member relative to the sleeve is determined.

Abstract: The invention relates to disc-shaped compensation shims for compensating for the shortening of a tool die or a tool stamp due to regrinding. The shim includes a coding indicating a thickness of the tooling shim, the tooling shim being configured for use with a tool die or tool stamp to compensate for shortening of the tool die or tool stamp resulting from regrinding. The invention also relates to tool arrangements having at least one such shim, and to machine tools having such tool arrangements.

Abstract: A load relief washer assembly for threaded fasteners comprises a lower washer piece, an upper washer piece, a plurality of complementary stepped features which further comprise the mating surfaces of the lower washer and the upper washer, such that sufficient rotation of the upper body relative to the lower body aligns the complementary stepped features allowing the upper body and the lower body to move toward each other, thereby reducing the overall height of the load relief washer assembly.

Abstract: A locking wedge system for use with a load-carrying stud having a locknut (or work piece) mounted on the stud in locking relation with another work piece employs a laterally displaceable laterally tapered wedge member that is forced transversely into axial jacking relation between a pair of tapered washers so as to apply a large axial locking force against the lock nut and work piece. The tapered wedge member is forced into engagement between the pair of tapered washers by way of a transversely extending jacking screw. The jacking screw may pull or push the tapered wedge member into or out of engagement between the pair of tapered washers. A preferred wedge angle from normal to the stud is 3 degrees with an operating range from 1 degree to 10 degrees. The locking wedge system elements are selectively rotatable about the stud, for optimum operating access to the jacking screw.

Abstract: A height adjustment mechanism includes a fixing member, an adjustment member rotatably engaging with the fixing member, and a standard member having a standard surface. The adjustment member defines an engaging hole. The standard member defines an alignment hole through the standard surface corresponding to the engaging hole of the adjustment member. The standard member is separately positioned over the adjustment member, and the standard surface of the standard member contacts with one distal end of the adjustment member. An assembly method for an electronic device is also provided.

Abstract: A washer includes a wedge-shaped main body, a wedge-shaped adjusting portion moveably positioned on the main body and a flexible connecting portion interconnecting the main body and the adjusting portion. The main body defines a through hole through which the screw passes. The main body includes a bottom surface and a positioning surface angled relative to the bottom surface. The adjusting portion includes a flat contact surface and a latching surface contacting the positioning surface of the main body. The latching surface is angled relative to the contact surface. A wedge angle of the adjusting portion equals that of the main body, thus the bottom surface of the main body is substantially parallel with the contact surface of the adjusting portion.

Abstract: A crosspiece including two terminal surfaces (22.1, 22.2) and a pipe (24) with a longitudinal axis (26) that is essentially perpendicular to the terminal surfaces (22.1, 22.2), includes two parts (40.1, 40.2), each having a terminal surface (22.1, 22.2), a first part (40.1) including at least one edge (48) that can be flattened against an edge (48) of the other part (40.2), with the edges having shapes that immobilize the two parts in the direction of the longitudinal axis (26) that makes it possible to adjust the relative position of the two parts in such a way as to obtain a desired length between the terminal surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustment element 1 with which a component can be fastened and can be positioned in space. The adjustment element has the following features: a banjo bolt 10 with an external thread 12 with which the component holder 50 can be positioned in the axial direction of the banjo bolt 10, an inner element 20 which is arranged within the banjo bolt 10 and to which the banjo bolt 10 is rotatably fastened, and a washer 30 which is held between the banjo bolt 10 and inner element 20 in a manner such that it can be laterally displaced in the axial direction of the inner element 20 such that the adjustment element 1 can be laterally positioned and can be fixed with a fastening means 40 reaching through the washer 30.

Abstract: An axially expanding spacer (10) has respective first and second spacer rings (11,12) with complementary helical ramped faces (16,17) and abutment faces (18,19). By relative rotation of the spacer rings (11,12), the height of the spacer (10), between annular faces (14,15) can be expanded or contracted. Compression springs (20) between the abutment faces (18,19) urge the spacer (10) to its “expanded” configuration.

Abstract: The present invention features, in preferred aspects, a cowl cross member mounting unit that includes an adjustment bolt for suitably absorbing a tolerance occurring when a vehicle body panel and a cowl cross member are suitably coupled with each other, and a cap maintaining the coupling between the adjustment bolt and a fixing nut.

Abstract: An improved rotatable wedge spacer to be removably positioned in a gap between opposing upper and lower surfaces (e.g., tiles) that are being bonded (e.g., by means of mortar) one above or adjacent the other to a flat surface (e.g., a wall or a floor). The spacer includes a curved (e.g., circular) body having a thin tip at one end and a thick tail at the opposite end. The height of the circular body between an upward sloping top surface thereof and a flat bottom surface increases from the thin tip to the thick tail. A series of flat load-supporting plateaus having predetermined increasing heights are regularly spaced from one another along the top surface so as to lie parallel with the flat bottom surface. With the flat bottom surface of the wedge spacer seated upon the lower tile, the curved body is rotated within the gap until one of the flat load-supporting plateaus along the top surface engages the upper tile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a height adjustment ring spacer, including a ring-type gasket with at least one upper ring body and one lower ring body, in which plural staircase-type ladders formed in a side of each of the upper ring bodies and a side of each of the lower ring bodies make the ladders of the upper ring body and the lower ring body individually be placed at different linking engagements to increase or decrease the height in circumferential direction; the features of the present invention are that: there are a recess formed in every ladder of the above upper ring body, and a convex body formed in every ladder of the lower ring body, thus the recess of the upper ring body and the convex body of the lower ring body relatively plug and link each other to avoid the relative movement in circumferential and radial direction therein.

Abstract: A washer includes a wedge-shaped main body, a wedge-shaped adjusting portion moveably positioned on the main body and a flexible connecting portion interconnecting the main body and the adjusting portion. The main body defines a through hole through which the screw passes. The main body includes a bottom surface and a positioning surface angled relative to the bottom surface. The adjusting portion includes a flat contact surface and a latching surface contacting the positioning surface of the main body. The latching surface is angled relative to the contact surface. A wedge angle of the adjusting portion equals that of the main body, thus the bottom surface of the main body is substantially parallel with the contact surface of the adjusting portion.

Abstract: A mounting mechanism is provided for securing an article to a wall. The mounting mechanism can include an insertion member, a base member, and a tab member. The insertion member has at least one hub formed thereon. The base member has a flange and at least one arm depending from the flange. The flange defines an insertion hole, and the at least one arm includes a guide. When the insertion member is provided in the insertion hole, the guide receives the at least one hub. The guide directs movement of the insertion member relative to the base member. The insertion member and the base member include a ratchet mechanism for maintaining the position of the insertion member relative to the base member. The ratchet mechanism can include a pawl formed on the at least one hub and at least one indentation provided on the guide. The pawl can interact with the at least one indentation. The tab member can be removably coupled to the insertion member.

Abstract: An axially expanding spacer (10) has respective first and second spacer rings (11,12) with complementary helical ramped faces (16,17) and abutment faces (18,19). By relative rotation of the spacer rings (11,12), the height of the spacer (10), between annular faces (14,15) can be expanded or contracted. Compression springs (20) between the abutment faces (18,19) urge the spacer (10) to its “expanded” configuration.

Abstract: A locking device for a threaded fastener comprises a pair of washers each having a plurality of wedge cam sets that include a base-cam and a raised tooth-cam. When the washers are mated together in use, the wedge cam sets of each washer are placed into confronting engagement with those of the other washer, with the raised tooth-cams of each washer engaging the base-cams of the other washer. The base-cam surfaces are ramped so that, as the tooth-cams slide along them during relative rotational movement, the combined axial height of the two washers changes—decreasing during tightening and increasing during loosening so that unintended partial loosening of the fastener is offset by expansion of the washers to thereby maintain bolt tension. Raised shoulders at each end of the tooth-cams are used to inhibit the amount of relative rotational movement of the two washers in both directions.

Abstract: In a screw locking assembly a pair of washers having inclined surfaces are interposed between a screw member on a tightening side and a member to be tightened, with the inclined surfaces being mutually contacted. These inclined surfaces circle around once in spiral form with a lead angle ? smaller than a lead angle ? of the screw, and both ends thereof are connected with a tier face in the axial direction. By conducting an initial-tightening in a state with an interval of a preset angle maintained between the tier faces, and tightening and rotating the screw member on the tightening side until the tier faces come into contact with each other, a tightening force proportional to that angle is generated, and the tightening force is controlled surely with precision.

Abstract: A fastening device on a support panel, having at least one structural element, is to be designed in such a way that under predefined tightening of the fastening device on the support panel no lasting damage occurs. To achieve this, a holding part of the fastening device has a step at a point of connection with the support panel, and a spacer of the fastening device has a double bushing having an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The two sleeves are positioned with respect to each other in such a way that when the fastening device is tightened the inner bushing comes into contact with the step and the indentation of the support panel into the spacer is limited. The fastening device is preferably intended for use in the automobile industry.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bolt for integrally fastening a first member and a second member, which are spaced away to each other, the bolt comprising a cylindrical-shaped collar bolt provided on a portion of an outer peripheral surface thereof with an external thread portion and on an inner peripheral surface thereof with an internal thread portion; and a bolt body having in an area of one end of a shank an external thread portion capable of threading into the internal thread portion of the collar bolt and a head on the other end thereof.

Abstract: An assembly for automatically compensating variations of the spacing between first and second structural members due to manufacturing and/or mounting tolerances. The assembly comprises a bolt, a nut and a compensation sleeve. The compensation sleeve has left-handed external threads adapted to be threadingly engaged with mating left-handed internal threads of the nut, and a clamping portion adapted to be connected to the nut via frictional drag and rotatable relative to the bolt when said frictional drag has been overcome, such that the bolt when being rotated causes the compensation sleeve to rotate so as to be unthreaded from the nut. When the compensation sleeve has engaged the first structural member, the frictional drag will be overcome, and the bolt can be threadingly engaged with right-handed internal threads of the nut or the compensation sleeve for clamping the first and second structural members together.

Abstract: A device for assembling two components (1,2) includes a lateral positioning set (3). The device includes a fixing screw (10), in particular threaded on the right, and capable of moving freely in a smooth through hole (13) provided in the first component (1), a spacer (20) bearing an external thread (23), in particular on the left, capable of co-operating with a tapped through hole (23), in particular on the left, provided on the second component (2) and an internal tapping (21), in particular on the right capable of co-operating with the fixing screw (10), the screw (10)/spacer (20) friction coefficient, directly or indirectly, being greater than the spacer (20)/tapped hole (23) friction coefficient, directly or indirectly.

Abstract: A device for connecting two structural components, includes a base part disposed at one structural component, a spacer having a threaded portion in threaded engagement with the base part, the spacer being supported with one end thereof at the other structural component, a connecting screw inserted frictionally engaged through the spacer, a shoulder formed at one end of the threaded portion of the spacer, and an abutment to be engaged by the shoulder and being formed at the base part, such that the abutment is arranged to become effective to limit, through engagement with the shoulder, a threading movement of the spacer in one direction relative to the base part only after the base part and the spacer have been assembled.

Abstract: An interlocking shim system having interlocking grooves and teeth. The interlocking shim does not require extraneous tools for the process of installation. The system also includes magnets for placing a shim pack in an uneven environment. Since the interlocking shims can be attached to each other through the interlocking groove members the user can manipulate a connected shim pack, by removing the first interlocking shim. There is also a magnet system in the present invention for aligning the bottom shim in mechanical applications without having to scribe the position for correct placement. The shims interlock for easy removal of shim packs.

Abstract: A captive panel fastener has a telescopically adjustable two-part sleeve which provides a mechanism whereby the length of the fastener is selectively adjustable.

Abstract: An operating ring (7) is externally fitted, with the ability to rotate, to the main body of the locking nut in between a locking flange (3) and a flange of the locking nut (5); ball bearings (11) are inserted between the operating ring and the locking flange; three or more arc-shaped grooves (54) are formed—facing toward each other and extending in concentric shapes in the circumferential direction—in the mating surfaces of the flange of the locking nut and the operating ring; locking balls (9) are accommodated inside the arc-shaped grooves of the flange of the locking nut (5) and the operating ring which face toward each other; the total dimension—in the axial direction of the rotary drive shaft—of each pair of arc-shaped grooves which accommodate the locking balls (9) is set smaller than the diameter of a locking ball; and a localized indentation is formed at the bottom surfaces on at least one side of said pair of arc-shaped grooves.

Abstract: A toggle bolt assembly for use with an opening in an associated wall, the toggle bolt assembly comprising a bolt of a specified diameter including a threaded diameter, a shank, and a head. The toggle member has a threaded receiving aperture and a pair of wings pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the aperture. A bolt centering spacer comprises a generally cylindrical body having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, an outside diameter substantially the same as a diameter of a hole in an associated supporting surface, and an opening having a diameter substantially the same as the threaded diameter of the bolt for receiving and centering the bolt. A flange positions the bolt centering spacer along a longitudinal axis of a hole in an associated supporting surface. At least one continuous groove circumferentially extends around an outside perimeter of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: A spacing sleeve (10) for use when mounting an object (20) at a certain distance in front of a wall (19) by means of a screw (18) extending through the spacing sleeve comprises a tubular body (11), having two opposite bearing surfaces (12, 13), located each at one end of the body, and holding means (14), connected to the body (11) and located at one end thereof, for releasably holding the spacing sleeve (10) to said object (20) during the mounting of the latter. At its other end, the body (11) is provided with means (21), adapted to receive said holding means (14) of another spacing sleeve (10) in releasable engagement therewith and to permit two or more spacing sleeves (10) to be stacked upon each other and to be releasably held to each other in a mutually centered state and with facing bearing surfaces (12, 13) of the bodies (11) of adjacent spacing sleeves (10) in contact with each other.

Abstract: A shaft seal having spacers positioned between the packing follower and the body of a valve. The spacers are flat, hard members of a certain thickness which allow maximum tightening of the packing fasteners and determine the maximum pressure the packing follower exerts on the packing material. The spacers have a slot for accommodating the fasteners and a tab that can easily be grasped with a tool, such as pliers. A stack of spacers can be positioned between the packing follower and valve body and then sequentially removed to provide incremental tightening of the fasteners for maintaining pressure on the packing materials by the packing gland. The spacers may include integral locking tabs.

Abstract: A fastening device is provided with a radially contractible and expandable wedge-shaped collet (5) having a V-shaped section and a tapered outer circumference (5c), and supported on the opposite support surfaces (2c, 63b) of a fastening nut (2) and a fastening ring (63). A taper ring (60) is fitted on the collet (5). When fastening an object (T) to a spindle (1), an operating ring (67) is turned in a fastening direction to move the taper ring (60) axially so as to compress the collet (5) and, at the same time, the fastening nut (2) is screwed on an externally threaded part (1a) of the spindle (1). When removing the object (T) from the spindle (1), the operating ring (67), which can be easily turned, in an unfastening direction to remove a compressive force acting on the collet (5) by axially moving the taper ring (60) so that an axial fastening force is removed from the object (T). Then, the fastening nut (2) can be easily turned to remove the object (T) from the spindle (1).

Abstract: A clamping fitting to attach glass panes whereby the clamp screw's screw head and screw shank are conceived as individual components, so that the screw head is vertically displaceable in four degrees of freedom with regard to the screw shank's axis and fixable at a screw shank's holding flange in order to achieve tolerance compensation in the glass pane's plane between the wall mounting and the bore hole in the glass pane. Between a support flange sitting close to a carrier structure and a bore hole in the glass pane, a locating flange sitting close to the glass pane is provided for, which locating flange's distance is variable with regard to the support flange. The distance adjustment is realized by penetrating through the bore hole in the glass pane.

Abstract: The screw unit for the adjustable and lockable spanning of distances between structural components, brackets, and for adjusting assemblies, etc., consists of a threaded pin, which has adjusting surfaces and a central bore passing through it, and a nut, which is screwed onto the threaded pin. This nut is designed as a support sleeve with an internal thread and adjusting surfaces, into which the threaded pin can be screwed until it is more or less flush. On the end facing an adjusting collar, the support sleeve is provided with an inward-projecting, ring-shaped collar with the internal thread, whereas the free end of the threaded pin is provided with a stop element to prevent the pin from being completely unscrewed.

Abstract: A device for securing a sink bowl in a counter top wherein a base unit has an annular inclined planar upper surface with a central stud extending therefrom. The stud engages a channel fixed to the underside of the sink flange such that when the base unit is rotated the inclined surface increasingly bears against the underside of the counter top drawing the sink flange into positive engagement with the upper surface of the counter top.

Abstract: A locking fastener in which coacting ramp surfaces are provided on a nut and washer assembly to generate wedging forces in response to backing off movement of the nut which urge the nut into tighter engagement with the associated bolt and the workpiece and in which a spring member disposed radially from the ramp surfaces is biased by the final relative tightening movement of the nut and washer so as to bias the ramp surfaces for movement in the direction to augment the locking action of the fastener. A torque control fastener is disclosed in which the gap between the adjacent ramp shoulders on the nut and washer is indicative of the torque and the damping force exerted by the fastener.

Abstract: A spacer for filling the gap between an electrical mounting bracket and an electrical mounting plate of an electrical junction box and thereby enabling the bracket to be securely screwed onto the plate is dimensioned to fit between the outer ends of the bracket and the plate. The spacer includes protruding members and receptacles which are located at corresponding end portions of opposite faces thereof and which enable a plurality of spacers to be positioned on one another in a face to face relationship with the protruding members fitting into the receptacles so as to form a solid stack. Selection of the number of spacers in the stack enables the thickness of the stack to be adjusted and thereby accomodate various widths of gaps between the outer ends of the bracket and the plate. The spacer also has a centrally located hole for the mounting screw.

Abstract: A tape correction plate and method of using the correction plate to correct for lateral runout of a disc brake rotor is described. The tapered correction plate is installed between the hub and brake rotor of an automobile such that the thinnest portion of the correction plate is aligned with the angular position on the hub and rotor corresponding to the maximum lateral runout. The mounting geometry of the correction plate may include any one of a number of configurations including circular openings, slotted openings having a smooth or gear-like perimeter, or an outer perimeter defining a gear like shape or open-ended "half slots." Each type of mounting geometry is suitable for mating with existing lug patterns while enabling adjustment of the angular orientation of the correction plate with respect to the hub and rotor. The correction plate may also consist of one washer or a number of washers with appropriately varying thicknesses that are arranged to correct runout.

Abstract: A device for holding two structural parts (1, 2) in a spaced relationship with respect to each other, having a spacer for filling the distance between the two structural parts, the spacer having a support part (3) which can be brought into a position fixed for rotation with respect to the first structural part (1) and a rotary drive part (4) which can be displaced axially with respect to the support part (3) by rotation, the support part (3) and the rotary drive part (4) resting on a helical engagement surface (7, 8) which has a slope which is opposite the slope of a thread of a screw (5) which, upon being screwed into an axial opening (11) in the rotary drive part, carries the latter along in rotation. The support part (3) and rotary drive part (4) are magnetically attached to each other, the support part (3) and/or the rotary drive part (4) being of permanently magnetic material.

Abstract: Vertical movement of a floating marine platform is reduced by tendons extending from the platform to anchors on the seabed. A final tension adjustment to equalize the load on all of the tendons is made by a respective tension adjustment mechanism incorporated into the top connector of each tendon. The tension adjustment mechanism includes a split load ring assembly having an upper ring and a lower ring. The upper ring and the lower ring abut each other at respective complementary surfaces. Each surface has a series of serrated ramps. A rotation of one ring with respect to the other causes the upper ring to climb over the lower ring to thereby increase the tension in the tendon. Rotation of the upper ring with respect to the lower ring, for example, is achieved by a motor driven gear ring.

Abstract: A plate-like washer of generally annular shape and a method of using the washer for pre-tensioning. The washer is adapted to be placed between a fastening element, used to attach two pieces to form a coupling, and a piece to be fastened. The washer is manufactured from a shape-memory metal whose upper transformation temperature is higher than the highest use and assembly temperature of the coupling. The thickness of the washer is adapted in view of the length and pre-tensioning need of the fastening element, as well as the expansion of the washer at the upper transformation temperature. The washer is actively heated to its upper transformation temperature and undergoes a phase transformation which expands the washer and pre-tensions the coupling to the desired degree.

Abstract: An assembly is disclosed for mounting articles such as soap dishes, towel hangers, handles, and the like, to a recessed stud that lies behind a non-structural wall, such as the side wall of a pre-fabricated fiberglass bathroom shower. A fascia plate has a mounting surface on one side, and a cup-shaped portion on the other side. The cup has an internal thread that engages an external thread of an elongated stud. The elongated stud has an axial through hole for receiving a screw that has a screwhead and a threaded shaft. The screw is inserted into the through hole of the stud, and then inserted into a hole formed in the non-structural wall and screwed into the recessed stud. The cup portion of the fascia plate is then inserted into the hole in the non-structural wall and screwed onto the external thread of the elongated stud. As such, the mounting surface of the fascia plate is rigidly supported by the recessed stud for mounting the articles thereto.

Abstract: A method of reinforcing a sandwich panel having opposed first and second skins spaced apart by a core having a thickness "F" in a manner to preserve the spacing between the skins, including the steps of boring an in-line hole through the panel to provide a hole in both skins and the core of a diameter "A", enlarging the hole in the first skin to a diameter "B", inserting a tubular sleeve into the in-line hole, the sleeve having a length substantially equal to "F" and having an external diameter greater than "A" and slightly less than "B", the first end of the sleeve contacting the inner surface of the second skin, and flaring the second end of the sleeve to an external diameter greater than "B" so that it engages the inner surface of the first skin, and inserting a bolt through the sleeve, the bolt having a head to contact the external surface of the first skin and applying a nut to the bolt to contact the external surface of the second skin so that the skins are held in fixed position by the bolt.

Abstract: A locking, adjustable, resilient mount for mounting a motorcycle engine on a motorcycle frame includes a shaft rigidly connected with the motorcycle frame via a pair of spaced mounting plates, at least one resilient vibration absorbing member arranged on the shaft, a mounting sleeve connected with the engine which is arranged around the resilient member, a pair of externally threaded collars arranged concentrically around the shaft at opposite ends of the vibration absorbing member, and a pair of internally threaded adjustable thrust plates arranged concentrically around the collars. The thrust plates are rotated on the collars to adjust the resiliency of the mounts and are locked by aligning one of a plurality of radially extending holes contained in the thrust plates with a bore contained in the collars and inserting a locking pin therethrough.