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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Travis Sperow, Davisburg, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/06 (2006.01); F16B 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 19/08 (2013.01); F16B 37/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
An external thermal heat-stake arrangement includes a polymeric base member having a collared heat-stake having an inner diameter and a second member disposed within the inner diameter of the collared heat-stake. The collared heat-stake is operatively configured to be deformed by a heated element to retain at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the second member to the polymeric base member.