Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Michael Meyer

Helmut Olbricht

Andreas Thiessen

Bert Niessen

Hubert Niessen

Horst Eltgen

An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes a polymeric outer shell having a metal reinforcement member coupled thereto, wherein the polymeric outer shell forms form closures about connecting features of the metal reinforcement member, so as to provide an operably coupling between the polymeric outer shell and the metal reinforcing member that is secured by independent connection locations that are effective to support an external mirror assembly in multiple dimensions.

Automotive side view mirror attachment assembly and method of making same

Automotive side view mirror attachment assembly and method of making the same

The invention concerns a component such as a lamp for fitting into a recess in a part of a body. The lamp is fixed in its reference position in the recess by a pivot projection engaging into an opening in the body, and by a V-shaped resilient detent element. The detent element has a first limb projecting inclinedly at an angle from the rear wall of the component. The first limb has a holding projection which in the reference position of the component engages behind an opening in the body. The free end of the second limb of the detent element carries dismantling projections which when the component is further pressed into the recess latch behind catches on the component to fix the detent element in a configuration in which the holding projection is released from its latching engagement with the body.

Component for mounting in a body part

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Pulheim, Germany

Michael Meyer