Self-aligning threaded insert with resilient retaining ring

Claim 1

A SELF-ALIGNING FASTENER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN OUTER HOLLOW BODY SECTION ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED TO A CARRIER PART, AN INNER NUT SECTION CARRIED WITHIN SAID OUTER SECTION AND CONTAINING INTERNAL THREADS INTO WHICH A COACTING STUD IS THREADEDLY CONNECTIBLE, SAID INNER SECTION BEING FREE FOR LIMITED LATERAL SELF-ALIGNING MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF ITS AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID OUTER SECTION, SAID INNER SECTION HAVING A LUG PROJECTING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM NEAR ITS AXIALLY INNER END, SAID OUTER SECTION CONTAINING A RECESS INTO WHICH SAID LUG PROJECTS RADIALLY OUTWARDLY, SAID RECESS HAVING A SIDE WALL ENGAGEABLE BY THE LUG IN RELATION TO RETAIN THE INNER SECTION AGAINST ROTATION RELATIVE TO THE OUTER SECTION, SAID RECESS HAVING AN END WALL AGAINST WHICH SAID LUG ABUTS AXIALLY OUTWARDLY TO TRANSMIT AXIALLY OUTWARD LOAD FORCES FROM THE INNER SECTION TO THE OUTER SECTION, SAID TWO SECTIONS HAVING OPPOSED GROOVES FACING RADIALLY TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AT A LOCATION AXIALLY OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID LUG AND RADIALLY OPPOSITE SAID INTERNAL THREADS, AND TWO FLOATING RESILIENT SNAP RINGS ABUTTING AXIALLY AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AND PARTIALLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID GROOVES AND ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT AXIALLY INWARD FORCES FROM SAID INNER SECTION TO THE OUTER SECTION WHILE ALLOWING SAID SELF-ALIGNING MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SECTION, SAID SNAP RINGS BEING LOOSE ENOUGH IN SAID GROOVES TO BE SHIFTABLE TRANSVERSELY RELATIVE TO EACH SECTION, ONE OF SAID RINGS ABUTTING AXIALLY INWARDLY AGAINST SAID OUTER SECTION, AND THE OTHER RING BEING OF A SMALLER DIAMETER AND ABUTTING AXIALLY OUTWARDLY AGAINST THE INNER SECTION.