Component mounting employing a threaded bolt driven at its threaded end

Claim 1

A FASTENING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND A BASE MEMBER TO BE HELD TOGETHER, THE BASE MEMBER HAVING TWO OPPOSITE SIDES EXTENDING IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL PLANES AND A PLURALITY OF UNTHREADED APERTURES THERETHROUGH OPENING OUT THROUGH SAID OPPOSITE SIDES; THE COMPONENT HAVING A FLANGE OVERLYING ONE OF SAID SIDE OF THE BASE MEMBER AND FURTHER HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES EXTENDING THROUGH THE FLANGE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE APERTURES OF THE BASE MEMBER; A PLURALITY OF BOLTS WITH ONE OF SAID BOLTS INTRODUCED THROUGH EACH SET OF SAID ALIGNED APERTURES FROM THE SIDE OF THE BASE MEMBER OPPOSITE TO THE COMPONENT, EACH BOLT HAVING A THREADED END SECTION AND BEING OF SUCH A LENGTH THAT WHEN SUBSTANTIALLY FULLY INSERTED INTO ALIGNED APERTURES IS THREADED SECTION PROJECTS FROM THE COMPONENT SIDE OF THE BASE MEMBER; MEANS ON EACH BOLT FORMING A HEAD ON THE END THEREOF OPPOSITE TO ITS THREADED END SECTION AND ENGAGEABLE WITH A SIDE PORTION OF THE BASE MEMBER REMOTE TO THE COMPONENT FOR LIMITING BOLT TRAVEL TOWARDS THE COMPONENT; THE THREADED END SECTION ON EACH OF SAID BOLTS BEING SHAPED TO RECEIVE A TOOL FOR TURNING THE SAME; RETAINING MEANS ENGAGING EACH BOLT AND SAID BASE MEMBER AND BEING SECURED TO ONE SO THAT EACH BOLT IS HELD FROM ANY SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT IN THE DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE COMPONENT AND THEREFORE IS SUPPORTED WITH ITS THREADED END SECTION IN PROJECTING RELATION TO THE BASE MEMBER AND ENTERS THE ALIGNED APERTURE OF THE COMPONENT; AND SAID RETAINING MEANS AND SAID HEAD FORMING MEANS COOPERATING TOGETHER TO HOLD EACH BOLT FROM SUBSTANTIAL AXIAL TRAVEL WHILE PERMITTING THE BOLT TO BE ROTATED BY A TOOL ENGAGING THE THREADED END THEREOF FOR PERFORMING A THREADING OPERATION WHICH DRAWS THE FLANGE OF THE COMPONENT SECURELY TO THE BASE MEMBER.