Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clip and coupling assembly
- Patent Title (中): 夹子和联轴器组件
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Application No.: US14656884Application Date: 2015-03-13
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Publication No.: US09580114B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Todd E. Allen , Seung H. Lee , Paul W. Kenyon
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn Law Group
- Main IPC: B62D27/00
- IPC: B62D27/00 ; B62D27/02 ; F16B2/22 ; B62D25/00

Abstract:
A coupling assembly includes a panel and a clip. The panel has a panel hole, and the clip is partly inserted through the panel hole. The clip is a one-way clip because, once it is partly inserted through the panel hole, it cannot be decoupled from the panel. In an embodiment, the clip includes a clip base and a plurality of retainers coupled along the clip base. Once the coupling assembly is fully assembled, the retainers extend through the panel hole. Each retainer includes a frame coupled to the clip base and an overhang rotatably coupled to the frame. Each retainer also includes a restrictor coupled to the overhang. The restrictor can rotate relative to the frame between a first restrictor position and a second restrictor position. In the second restrictor position, the restrictor inhibits the clip from decoupling from the panel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160264188A1 CLIP AND COUPLING ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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