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FIIG:  A08900

Entry Date:  Nov-20-1992

Concept:  1

Status:  A

Applicability:  B

Type:  0

Definition:  A standoff that must have a threaded end(s) or be internally threaded its full length. For items having external threads on both ends, see STUD (as modified). For items with an outside contour that is the same for the entire length, are flat on top and bottom, having internal threads its full length, and the length does not exceed twice the width across the flats or outside diameter, see NUT (as modified); use maximum dimensions(s) for compliance.

Basic INC:  70704

Basic Name:  STANDOFF

Description:  1. An item of various configurations which facilitates the assemblage and/or fastening of components. It is designed to maintain a predetermined distance between component parts and/or provide easy access into equipment or to align and extend the length of threaded items. It may include one or more of the following: projections, flanges, grooves, holes perpendicular to the axis, wrenching flats, screwdriver slots, counterbores or countersinks.