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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ira Jason Goldberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Alexander Goff, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 31/02 (2006.01); F16B 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 31/021 (2013.01); F16B 35/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid metal plastic shear fastener bolt. The bolt includes a metal body having a first end and an opposing second end including a head and including a threaded shaft extending from the first end towards the second end along a longitudinal bolt axis. The bolt also includes a plastic torque head formed on the metal body configured to shear away from the metal body at a predetermined torque.