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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Mathew A. Gray, Walled Lake, MI (US);
R. Donald Hollinger, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Luigi R. Magnanti, Hartland, MI (US);
Rodolfo H. Perez, Troy, MI (US);
Tito G. Perez, Toluca, MX;
Uzziel A. Ramirez, Toluca, MX;
Rodolfo DE LA Mora, Toluca, MX;
Jesus M. Piter, Col. Del Valle, MX;
John T. Freiwald, Clarkston, MI (US);
Aldo Maya, Naucalpan De Juarez, MX;
Thomas C. Sliney, Troy, MI (US);
Mathew A. Gray, Walled Lake, MI (US);
R. Donald Hollinger, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Luigi R. Magnanti, Hartland, MI (US);
Rodolfo H. Perez, Troy, MI (US);
Tito G. Perez, Toluca, MX;
Uzziel A. Ramirez, Toluca, MX;
Rodolfo De La Mora, Toluca, MX;
Jesus M. Piter, Col. Del Valle, MX;
John T. Freiwald, Clarkston, MI (US);
Aldo Maya, Naucalpan De Juarez, MX;
Thomas C. Sliney, Troy, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns an access plate for use in a vehicle to cover an aperture in an engine ring, where the engine ring and an engine cover seal against each other. The access plate may include a main body portion, made of a first material having a first durometer, extending across the aperture, and defining a first portion of an outer surface that sealingly engages with the second component; and a seal, made of a second lower durometer material, wherein the seal portion is integral with the main body portion, and the seal portion includes an underside surface in opposed relation to the outer surface that sealingly engages with first component. The access plate may include snap clips, to secure the plate to the engine ring, locating pins to locate the access plate on the ring, and tapered end features to assure a good seal against the engine cover.