US 12,305,689 B2
Isolating blind hole fastener
Chad M. Clark, Stamping Ground, KY (US); and Mark O. Lepper, Oak Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,904.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,396, filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313827 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 2/24 (2006.01); F16B 2/20 (2006.01); F16B 21/12 (2006.01); F16B 37/14 (2006.01); F16B 21/07 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/14 (2013.01) [F16B 2/20 (2013.01); F16B 2/241 (2013.01); F16B 21/125 (2013.01); F16B 21/075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An isolating fastener assembly for attaching a first component to a hole component of a second component, the isolating fastener assembly comprising:
a clip having a retaining head portion and a body portion, wherein the body portion includes a pair of legs spaced apart and flexibly connected to one another at the retaining head portion to define a channel; and
an isolating cap, wherein the isolating cap comprises a pair of guides extending away from an underside surface of the isolating cap, each of said pair of guides having a fastener-retention feature configured to engage and retain the clip via one of the pair of legs.