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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2002
Charles M. Bivens, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jerry L. Steiner, Decatur, IN (US);
Peter J. Voors, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Charles W. Kipfer, Payne, OH (US);
James Hubbard, Alexandria, OH (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
An assembly comprises a mounted component that is located relative to a mounting component through one or more compilmentary locating-structure pairs that comprise locating structures of the mounted component and of the mounting component that are engaged to one another. The locating structures of the mounted component and the mounting component are those portions thereof that are engaged to one another and through which the forces of gravity and other acceleration forces are transmitted between the mounted component and the mounting component. One or more of the locating structures of the complimentary locating-structure pairs includes a locating-point insert that is integrally molded or cast into parent material of the locating structure. The locating-point inserts are harder, more wear-resistant, stiffer, and/or stronger than the parent material that they are integrally molded or cast into. The locating-point inserts function to increase the durability of the mounting and mounted components' locating structures.