Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fastener for automotive components
- Patent Title (中): 汽车零件紧固件
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Application No.: US12933032Application Date: 2009-03-05
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Publication No.: US08371788B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Wolfgang Lange , Frank Rosemann
- Applicant: Wolfgang Lange , Frank Rosemann
- Applicant Address: US DE Newark
- Assignee: Newfrey LLC
- Current Assignee: Newfrey LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Newark
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: GB0804196.4 20080306
- International Application: PCT/US2009/036153 WO 20090305
- International Announcement: WO2009/111620 WO 20090911
- Main IPC: F16B37/08
- IPC: F16B37/08

Abstract:
A fastener for securing an undercover panel to an underside of a vehicle is disclosed. The fastener includes a body having a bore for receiving a threaded bolt extending from the underside of the vehicle, a flange for engaging a first side of the undercover panel, a plurality of resiliently deformable engaging fingers for allowing insertion of the bolt into the bore and to resist removal of the bolt from the bore, and a plurality of resilient engaging members for enabling the engaging members to pass in a first direction through an aperture in the undercover panel, and to resist removal of the fastener from the panel. A plurality of reinforcing members extend from the body to engage a respective engaging member, as a result of forces urging said undercover panel towards the underside of the vehicle, to resist flexing of the engaging members away from the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110044782A1 FASTENER FOR AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2011-02-24
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