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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Gary Nola, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 21/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/44 (2006.01); B29C 65/64 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); F16B 17/00 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); F16B 37/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/26 (2006.01); F16B 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/44 (2013.01); B29C 65/645 (2013.01); B29C 66/24221 (2013.01); B29C 66/5344 (2013.01); B29C 66/612 (2013.01); B29C 66/742 (2013.01); B29C 66/8322 (2013.01); F16B 17/004 (2013.01); B29C 65/64 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/26 (2013.01); F16B 21/04 (2013.01); F16B 37/042 (2013.01); F16B 37/045 (2013.01); F16B 37/068 (2013.01); F16B 37/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a housing for a fastener of a vehicle component. In one example, a housing for a fastener includes a central conduit adapted to receive the fastener, and a radial key extending outward from an outer surface of the housing. The radial key is first pressed against a vehicle component in an axial direction of the housing to form a first section of a channel within an interior of the vehicle component, and the key is then rotated against the interior to form an undercut, second section of the channel in a circumferential direction of the housing.