Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Housing for a fastener of a vehicle component
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Application No.: US15793114Application Date: 2017-10-25
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Publication No.: US10695984B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Gary Nola
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Geoffrey Brumbaugh
- Main IPC: B29C65/44
- IPC: B29C65/44 ; B29C65/64 ; B29C65/00 ; B29L31/26 ; F16B17/00 ; B29K101/12 ; F16B37/12 ; F16B37/04

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for a housing for a fastener of a vehicle component. In one example, a housing for a fastener includes a central conduit adapted to receive the fastener, and a radial key extending outward from an outer surface of the housing. The radial key is first pressed against a vehicle component in an axial direction of the housing to form a first section of a channel within an interior of the vehicle component, and the key is then rotated against the interior to form an undercut, second section of the channel in a circumferential direction of the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190118489A1 HOUSING FOR A FASTENER OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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