CAGE NUT ASSEMBLY HAVING A STAND-OFF NUT

摘要

A cage nut assembly (100) is provided having a nut (102) and a cage (104) wrapped therearound. The nut (102) has a number of standoffs or protrusions (120) provided on a lower surface thereof such that the standoffs are the only part of the nut which are in contact with the cage (104). The standoffs (120) reduce the amount of bearing surface interface between the cage and the nut thus reducing the possibility that the two parts will stick to each other a coating is applied. The nut is engaged with a male threaded fastener (160) which is torqued into place and the standoffs push into the material of the cage causing the cage material to flow such that the standoffs embed into the material of the cage without deforming the standoffs to a flattened condition.