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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Gregory Alan Seeley, Orange, CA (US);
Franciscus Cornelis van Beers, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A sheet metal cover part ( ) whose front end ( ) lies against a surface ( ) of a front connector, behind a projecting ridge ( ), is prevented from deflecting upwardly and creating a “smile” by deforming a front end of the sheet metal to form a beam of greater height than the thickness of the sheet metal. In one construction, the front edge of the sheet metal is bent over by about over 45° so the sheet metal of 0.2 mm thickness is provided with a front edge where the distance (E) between the top and bottom is 0.3 mm. In another construction, a strip-shaped area ( ) lying slightly rearward of the extreme edge ( C) of the sheet metal is deformed to form a stiffening beam.