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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Nifco America Corporation, Canal Winchester, OH (US);
Robert Tsao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott E. Malinowski, Brighton, MI (US);
Clayton J. Karl, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Philip J. Babian, Canton, MI (US);
Benjamin D. Hack, Blacklick, OH (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
NIFCO America Corporation, Canal Winchester, OH (US);
Abstract
A hook assembly for mounting to a body component having a pair of openings is provided. The hook assembly includes a pin member and a hook housing. The pin member includes a base portion and a pair of insertion pins extending upwardly from the base portion. The hook housing includes a top surface and a pair of interior channels. A pair of clip prongs are positioned at each opening of the pair of interior channels. A hook member extends outwardly from the hook housing. The hook housing is coupled to the body component by inserting the pair of clip prongs into the openings formed in the body component in a clip prong insertion direction. The pair of insertion pins are inserted into the pair of interior channels in a pin insertion direction to secure the pin member and the hook housing to the body component.