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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:
Sep. 10, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul M Dedrich, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2923363 ; 292-1 ; 292D / ; 292D / ; 292D / ;
Abstract
A shoe for slidably and rotatably mounting a door latch control rod on a vehicle door includes a molded plastic body rotatably mounted on the door and having a slot formed therein for receiving the rod. The slot is defined by first and second conical converging walls projecting into the plastic body and intersecting one another to define a C-shaped edge circumjacently engaging the rod in slip fitting rattle free relationship therewith so that the rod may slide through the shoe upon operation of the door control rod by the occupant.