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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/02 (2013.01); B60R 13/0206 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document relates to a vehicle component with a mounting element to which a functional component can be attached. The mounting element has a reception region and a connection region. The reception region is formed to attach the functional component, while the connection region is attached via a fiber band to the vehicle component. The fiber band may be connected to the vehicle component by overmolding, the reception region being at least partially excluded from this overmolding.