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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ira Jason Goldberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A fastener with a central longitudinal axis, including a grommet including a leg portion which ends with a toe portion, and a pin including a head portion, a tail portion and a body portion, the head and tail portions each having an outer circumference greater than a maximum outer circumference of the body portion, the body portion including a first shoulder defined by first and second beveled surfaces and a first end surface positioned there between, and a second shoulder defined by third and fourth beveled surfaces and a second end surface positioned there between, the first and third beveled surfaces are of different angles relative to the central longitudinal axis, the second and fourth beveled surfaces are of different angles relative to the central longitudinal axis.