US 11,933,340 B2
Fastener assemblies and nut plate assemblies for fastener assemblies
Harold Hess, Leawood, KS (US); Deeptesh Selvaraj, Pitt Meadows (CA); Igor Komsitsky, Los Angeles, CA (US); Armando Perez, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Zoltan Szekely, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to Enduralock, LLC, Lenexa, KS (US)
Filed by Enduralock, LLC, Lenexa, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,696, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235812 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/044 (2013.01) [F16B 37/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nut plate assembly comprising:
a plate member;
a shell member comprising a first end coupled to said plate member and a second end opposite said first end;
a floating nut disposed within said shell member and defining a bore configured to receive a threaded fastener;
a lock member, wherein said nut plate assembly has a locked configuration in which said lock member is configured to fix rotation of the threaded fastener relative to said floating nut and an unlocked configuration in which the threaded fastener is allowed to rotate relative to said floating nut; and
at least one magnetic component disposed within said shell member and configured to engage said lock member and switch said nut plate assembly between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration.