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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2017
Mann+hummel Gmbh, Ludwigsburg, DE;
MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
An enforced one-time snap connection system mounts a first component to a second component. The first component has a circumferentially extending groove formed into an exterior surface. The second component has an annular mounting adapter having an internal bore. An annular retainer is secured on an end of the second component at the internal bore, the annular retainer includes an axially extending annular portion having a radially inwardly projecting annular locking rib received into the circumferentially extending groove during installation of the first component into the second component such that the annular locking rib or locking tabs and/or the circumferentially extending groove are critically damaged or destroyed if the first component is removed from the second component, thereby preventing re-assembly and re-locking of the components together again.