US 12,135,051 B2
Method of retaining a sleeve with low force
Chad M. Clark, Stamping Ground, KY (US); Jason Paradis, Bristol, CT (US); Gregory G. Buczynski, Ferndale, MI (US); and Ronald C. Owens, Lawrenceburg, KY (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,047.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,576, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,574, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341458 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/043 (2013.01) [F16B 37/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening system to couple a first component to a stud via a component opening formed in the first component, the fastening system comprising:
an upper sleeve component defining an upper sleeve opening;
a lower sleeve component defining a lower sleeve opening,
wherein the lower sleeve component is configured to engage the upper sleeve component via the component opening, and
wherein the lower sleeve component comprises one or more flexible tabs configured to extend toward the lower sleeve opening and engage the upper sleeve component; and
a nut configured to pass through a sleeve opening,
wherein the sleeve opening is defined by the upper sleeve opening and the lower sleeve opening.