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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Vikram Gokhale, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Pinkerton, Canton, MI (US);
Krish Aekbote, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Glen Ursaki, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Vikram Gokhale, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Pinkerton, Canton, MI (US);
Krish Aekbote, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Glen Ursaki, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A pull cup in a vehicle door is solidly connected to the door inner panel by mechanical fastening. The armrest substrate structure is also solidly connected to the door inner panel by mechanical fastening. The armrest substrate has a pull cup-receiving cavity formed therein as is generally known in the art. The pull cup is not mechanically fastened to the armrest substrate. This arrangement is strong in tension but is weak in compression.