Patent 7682117 was granted and assigned to Illinois Tool Works on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An isolating connector between a first work piece and a second work piece each defining a hole therein includes first and second spring members that capture the first work piece between flanges of the spring members and establish a column between the second work piece and a head of a bolt extending through the first and second spring members and anchored in the second work piece.