Low-profile fastener assembly and fastener structure

Abstract

A fastener assembly for securing at least two materials together with a screw having an externally threaded shank and an enlarged head, and a nut having a shank with a blind hole therein. The blind hole being internally threaded to threadingly receive the externally threaded shank of the screw. The nut having an enlarged head on an end of the shank opposite from an end with an opening of the blind hole. The enlarged head of the nut having an outer surface and an inner surface. A sealing member may be disposed around the shank of the nut. The shank of the nut extends out of and away from the inner surface of the enlarged head of the nut, and the inner surface may include a depression surrounding the shank. The nut has a plated outer surface.

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