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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Firestone Industrial Products Company, Llc;
Rutger Zegveld, Arnhem, NL;
Joseph A. Bounds, Hermitage, TN (US);
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
End member assemblies include a first end member and a second end member. The first end member includes a first end member wall with a first side wall portion and a first flange wall portion. The first flange wall portion includes a plurality of attachment passages extending therethrough. The second end member includes a second end member wall with a second side wall portion and a second flange wall portion. The second end member includes attachment studs disposed along the second flange wall portion. The first and second end members are positioned axially coextensive with one another with the attachment studs extending through corresponding attachment passages. A stud head is unitarily formed along the attachment studs with the stud head abuttingly engaging the first flange wall portion thereby retaining the first and second end members in an assembled condition.