Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Sven E Carlson

Joel Robert Lee

Walter Belchine, Iii

John M Connelly

Todd Callister

David J Bonadona

Patrick J Bowden

Michael L Farmer

Todd Henneike

James Meyer

Anthony Savoia

Donald T Boone

Conrad E Hlavacek

Mark R Mikenis

A switch engagement assembly includes a base component including a plurality of mating devices and a switch box configured to couple to the base component, the switch box including a plurality of complementary mating receptacles, each mating receptacle configured to receive a respective mating device. Also described herein is a vehicle arm rest including the switch engagement assembly.

Switch engagement assembly for an automobile door panel

A pinless inside door handle assembly has a housing, a latch handle and a lock lever that snap together and require no separate pivot pin. Interrelating projections and enclosed apertures are in pivotal engagement.

Pinless inside door handle assembly

The door handle assembly includes a pivoting child lock out cam which pivots between a first locked position and a second unlocked position with respect to a door handle. More particularly, the child lock out cam includes a latch with an aperture through which a hook on an underside of the door handle passes in the first locked position. In order to reduce unwanted noises, such as rattling, from the child lock out cam in a vibratory environment, a flexible tab integrally extends from a plate of the door handle assembly to laterally bear against a radially enlarged cam section on the child lock out cam thereby urging the journal of the child lock out cam against the interior walls of the bearing apertures through which the journal passes.

Anti-rattle structure for door handle

A locking headrest support assembly for the back of a vehicle set includes a sleeve, a cap, a spring and a button. The sleeve is lockable within the back of a vehicle seat and has a longitudinal bore for a rod of a vehicle headrest. The cap locks onto the top of the sleeve, and has a longitudinal bore aligned with that of the sleeve when so locked. Alternatively, the cap and sleeve may be combined in one integral piece. The cap has a slot in which the button is disposed in a drawer-like fashion. The slot has two side walls, a rear wall, and a top and a bottom. The side walls each have a notch which defines a ledge. The notches are produced by holes directed into the cap from its underside, so that the holes may not be exposed to view when the locking headrest support assembly os fully assembled. The button has prongs which engage with the ledges and prevent the button from being withdrawn once the prongs have so engaged. The spring is disposed in the slot behind the button and has an elongated base member which crosses the bore when the button is not externally depressed to engage a headrest rod within the bore. The elongated base member is pushed out of the bore when the button is pushed so that the position of the headrest rod may be changed.

Locking headrest support assembly

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New Lenox, IL, United States of America

Sven E Carlson