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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:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric L Mayberry, Haslett, MI (US);
Steven W Abbruzzese, Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 684 ;
Abstract
An upper radiator mount is self attaching and fastenerless, working in conjunction with the lifting motion by which a subframe, with attached radiator, is lifted toward and into the vehicle body. Resilient fingers on a radiator tank mounted base simultaneously slide over and grip side walls of an aligned body tie bar as the subframe is lifted. The fingers are specially designed with pivots and a web that ties them together so as to rock in and strongly grip the tie bar when it hits and compresses the web.