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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Westgarth, Billericay, GB;
Ian Patterson, Billericay, GB;
Jack Whitehurst, Leigh on Sea, GB;
Rob Swann, Rayleigh, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 15/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05F 5/06 (2006.01); E05F 15/659 (2015.01); E05B 65/08 (2006.01); E05F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 15/0006 (2013.01); B60J 5/06 (2013.01); E05B 65/08 (2013.01); E05F 5/06 (2013.01); E05F 15/659 (2015.01); E05F 7/04 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/222 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/246 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle door anti-rattle mechanism includes male and female parts. The male part is fastened to a door of a motor vehicle and the female part is fastened to a door pillar of the motor vehicle. The male part includes an expandable member that is selectively engageable with a recess in the female part in order to inhibit relative movement between the male and female parts and, hence, rattling of the door.