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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1987
Donald E Hoffman, Java Center, NY (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An air conditioner assembly of the type including an air flow housing, an air flow valve rotatably mounted in the housing, and an actuator mounted on the housing. The actuator includes a rod extending therefrom. The rod and valve include first and second complementary connector parts, respectively. The second connector part is connectable with the first connector part by rotation of the actuator through approximately 90.degree. about the axis of the rod from a first orientation to a second orientation. The assembly includes a first bayonet coupling on the housing and a second bayonet coupling on the actuator for coupling the actuator to the housing. The bayonet couplers are complementary to each other and are operatively aligned with each other when the first and second connecting parts are in engagement with the actuator in the first orientation whereby the actuator may be mounted on the housing and the connector parts may be connected by rotation of the actuator from the first orientation to the second orientation.