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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1988
Dhirendra C Roy, Canton, MI (US);
John N Topolewski, Westland, MI (US);
United Technologies Automotive, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A unitary resilient bracket (1) for mounting a plurality of electrical component housings (70, 76) to a mounting surface (80) in a space saving vertical arrangement using a minimum of individual fasteners while allowing access to the components located within the housings. Bracket (1) includes keyways (21, 23, 25, 27, 29) for accommodating a multiplicity of keys (74, 78) located on housings (70, 76 respectively) in combination with housing retaining members (60) and flange lock (4) interacting with flange (72) to secure the housings to the bracket. Bracket (1) is secured to mounting surface (80) by fasteners passing through fastening flanges (2) and a primary lock tab (62) which is disposed in a receiving slot (82) located in mounting surface (80).