US 12,228,160 B2
Two-piece threaded fastener assembly
Craig A. Roberts, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Tite-Spot, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Tite-Spot, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,003.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,596, filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381283 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 33/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A threaded fastener assembly for use with a nut, said threaded fastener assembly comprising, in combination:
a shaft head including a head, and a longitudinally-extending internal passage that includes an internally-threaded portion;
a shaft separate from the shaft head and including a first externally-threaded portion for cooperation with the internally-threaded portion of the shaft head for selectively securing at least a portion of the first externally-threaded portion of the shaft within the internally-threaded portion of the shaft head, and a second externally-threaded portion for cooperation with the nut;
wherein the shaft includes an integrated wrenching portion for tightening the first externally-threaded portion of the shaft within the internally-threaded portion of the shaft head; and
further wherein the shaft includes an inward-facing abutment configured to engage an outwardly-facing abutment of the shaft head when at least a portion the first externally-threaded portion is tightened within the internally-threaded portion of the shaft head.