MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202614006215 A) filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc. on January 21, 2026, for Tolerance Compensation Fastening Assembly And Fastening System.
Inventors include Wu, Ruirui; Li, Zhilin; and He, Jiahui.
The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT TOLERANCE COMPENSATION FASTENING ASSEMBLY AND FASTENING SYSTEM 5 The present disclosure provides a tolerance compensation fastening assembly including an insert and a receiver. The insert has a shank portion with external threads and a flange provided at an end of the shank portion, and the flange is provided with a protrusion. The receiver has a body portion and a head portion, the body portion defines a passage with internal threads, the head portion includes 10 an accommodation space in connection with the passage and a retaining wall defines at least a portion of the accommodation space. The retaining wall is provided with a limiting structure. The insert and the receiver are threadedly engaged via the shank portion and the passage, and the insert has a pre-assembled position relative to the receiver. When the insert is in the pre-assembled position, 15 the flange is received in the accommodation space, and the protrusion engages with the limiting structure to restrict rotation of the insert relative to the receiver, thereby retaining the insert in the pre-assembled position. The tolerance compensation fastening assembly of the present disclosure can achieve retention of the insert in the pre-assembled position relative to the receiver with a simple and durable 20 structure.
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