Caged nut assembly

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F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons

16

B

F16B 37/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2298950

An improved cage nut assembly for attachment to a frame, which includes a channel therein adapted to receive the caged nut assembly is provided. The caged nut assembly includes a fastener body having a female connector therein and a retainer for encaging the fastener body. The retainer provides a limited range of movement of the fastener body in at least one direction and has apertures therein sized and adapted to allow access to the female connector within the range of movement of the fastener body. At least one detent extends from a surface of the retainer, which detents are sized and shaped to correspond to at least one notch in the channel of the frame. The detents are biased toward a normal position, but are movable against the bias such that as the caged nut assembly is forced into the channel of the frame, the detents are moved against the bias until the detents are positioned adjacent to the notches in the channel, at which point the detents are biased into the notches, thereby securing the caged nut assembly within the channel. Thus, during a crash situation, the detents may be moved against the bias and the caged nut assembly may be moved within the channel in the frame.

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