Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Paulina Vazquez Orpinel

Jeffrey Scott Mayville

Mario Oscar Martinez Ordaz

Ana Valeria Vazquez Baca

Martha Patricia Adame Contreras

Jose Israel Castro

Ricardo Enrique Navarro Ascencio

A connection assembly is provided that includes a pin and a clip. The pin includes a head portion having two spaced flanges defining a slot therebetween, a tail portion defining a bulb, and a shaft extending between the head and tail portion. The clip includes a plurality of resilient fingers extending radially inward and a central cavity. The pin extends through the central cavity of the clip and the resilient fingers receives and rotationally engages with the bulb of the pin. In one form, the connection assembly connects a molded doghouse to an adjacent part.

Tolerance compensator clip to reduce assembly variation

A motor vehicle door is provided. That door includes a door body that carries a door handle and a decorative trim feature remote from the door handle. A key cylinder is carried on the door body behind an access door in the decorative trim feature. The positioning of a hidden key cylinder at a position remote from the door handle frees designers to provide a motor vehicle door with a cleaner and more aesthetically appealing appearance.

Motor vehicle door with hidden key cylinder

Growing community of inventors

Mexico City, Mexico

Paulina Vazquez Orpinel