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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:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1988
John M Appleby, Warren, MI (US);
James Bolsworth, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Charles M Wilson, Westland, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A hood release assembly which can be snap fittingly attached to an instrument panel having a rectangular opening. The assembly includes a plastic housing having one end slidably connected to the panel via a tongue and groove connection and its opposite end snap fittingly attached to the panel via an integral fastener on the housing, a cable release lever having integral pivot pins which are snap fittingly received within complementary shaped openings in the housing and a rear cover which is integrally connected to the housing via a living hinge at one end and releasably detentable with the housing at its other end to permit access to the housing from the rear thereof.