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[[File:Two spire clips.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[U-nut]] on the left, speed nut on the right to be used with a self-tapping screw]]
A '''speed nut''', aka '''sheet metal nut''' or '''Tinnerman nut''', is a type of [[locknut]] with two [[sheet metal]] prongs that act as one [[screw thread|thread]]. They are made from [[spring steel]].  

==Description==
The fastener serves the functions of both a [[lock washer]] and a [[nut (hardware)|nut]]. As the fastener is tightened in the nut the prongs are drawn inward until they exert pressure on the root of the thread on the fastener. When the fastener is tightened, the base of the nut, which is arched, [[elastic deformation|elastically deforms]] and applies a force to the fastener, which locks it from loosening under vibrations.<ref>Smith, p. 115.</ref>

There are many different types of speed nuts, mostly dependent on the shape of the nut, how it attaches to the workpiece, and what type of screw can be used. Most types are designed for either [[machine screw]]s or [[sheet metal screw]]s. Some nuts do not attach to the workpiece. These are usually shaped as either a rectangle, a [[flange nut]], or a [[hex nut]]; the rectangular speed nut is also known as a flat-style speed nut. Speed nuts that attach to the workpiece usually are some form of a [[J-nut]] or [[U-nut]].<ref>McMaster, p. [http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/114/3148 3148].</ref><ref>McMaster, p. [http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/114/3149 3149].</ref>

==History==
[[File:Albert H. Tinnerman, inventor of the Speed Nut.png|thumb|Albert H. Tinnerman left, at the plant opening on Brookpark Road, 1950, presents keys to Mayor Thomas A. Burke right, Cleveland and to Mayor John M. Coyne far right, Brooklyn.]]
The speed nut was invented in 1923 and patented in 1924 by [[Albert H. Tinnerman]], son of [[George Tinnerman]], who founded [[Tinnerman Steel Range Company]].<ref>{{Cite patent|number=US1512653A|title=Spring nut|gdate=1924-10-21|invent1=Tinnerman|inventor1-first=Albert H.|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1512653A/en?assignee=albert+tinnerman&oq=albert+tinnerman&sort=old}}</ref> The company, established in 1870, originally manufactured sheet metal kitchen ranges. However, after Tinnerman invented the nut to resolve issues with stove shipping, the invention became so successful it led the company away from building stoves to building fasteners.<ref>{{Citation | title = History | url = http://www.tinnerman.com/en/company/history.asp | accessdate = 2010-01-25 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070810081918/http://www.tinnerman.com/en/company/history.asp | archivedate = 2007-08-10 | postscript =.}}</ref>

Tinnerman Products was formed in 1939, and evolved from the Speed Nut development with manufacturing plants in Cleveland, Ohio. A manufacturing plant was constructed on Brookpark Road in the early 1950s. Tinnerman Products later merged with [[Eaton Corporation|Eaton Yale & Towne]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dubelko |first1=Jim |title=A Tinnerman Presence: A Story about Industry and Neighborhood |url=http://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/566 |website=Cleveland Historical |access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref> In 1999, Eaton sold Tinnerman to TransTechnology for $173 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romain |first1=Renald |title=Eaton to sell fastener business to TransTechnology Corporation for $173 million |url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/OurCompany/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/98065990 |website=Eaton |access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref> In 2009, [[Albert-Pierre_Raymond#ARaymond|ARaymond]] purchased Tinnerman for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schoenberger |first1=Robert |title=French competitor A Raymond buys Brunswick's Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products |url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/french_competitor_a_raymond_bu.html |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Cleveland.com |date=9 November 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Plate nut]]

==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
*{{Citation | title = McMaster-Carr catalog | publisher = McMaster-Carr | edition = 114th}}.
*{{Citation | last = Smith | first = Carroll | author-link = Carroll Smith | title = Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners, and Plumbing Handbook | publisher = MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company | year = 1990 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A81HmmRCN7YC | isbn = 0-87938-406-9}}.
*{{Citation|title=Cleveland: The Making of a City|last=Ganson Rose|first=William|publisher=Kent State Univ Pr; 19th Revised ed. edition|year=1990|isbn=0873384288|location=Kent, Ohio|pages=819}}
*Plain Dealer Publishing Co, (1906), Progressive Men of Northern Ohio https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26
*R. Coates, William, (1924), A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland
*Survey of Buying Power (1951) - Volume 67 - Page 146 
*https://www.riversidecemeterycleveland.org/rs_hs_g.htm#tinnerman
*{{Citation|title=Encyclopedia of American biography: New series|last=Scott Downs|first=Winfield|publisher=American Historical Company|year=1941|pages=165}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151129135753/http://www.araymondtinnerman.com/industrial/resources/Catalog-Final_10.29-w-Revisions.pdf]

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