Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Trw Limited

John E Iafret

William D Batterson

Jim G Striese

An adjustable strike incorporates a bracket defining a slide, a striker plate including a latch-engaging section and an integral slider slidably positioned in the slide and an adjusting screw recessed into the bracket underneath the slide, said screw having a head accessible at an edge of the bracket and a thread threadedly engaging the slider. Projections are provided at the opposite sides of the slide which overhang the edge margins of the slider to slidably retain the slider in the slide. The bracket and screw are simple molded plastic parts and the striker plate is a simple formed metal part. All three parts can be assembled quickly without any tools by placing the screw in the bracket recess and engaging an edge of the striker plate slider under the projections at one side of the slide and pressing the slider down into the slide whereupon its opposite side edge becomes engaged under the projections at the opposite side of the slide.

Adjustable strike

A mounting member for an actuator that is adapted to have the front portion thereof inserted into an opening in a support panel and to be secured thereto by a plurality of spring arms integrally formed with the mounting member. The rear portion of the mounting member is formed with a plurality of cantilevered sections which allow the actuator to be inserted into the mounting member at the rear portion thereof and serve to maintain the actuator within the mounting member.

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Grand Blanc, MI, United States of America

John E Iafret