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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2007
Daren L. Harris, Canton, MI (US);
Daren L. Harris, Canton, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A push button assembly has a button retainer having drawer slide guides and a corresponding bezel structure. The button retainer also has a surface perpendicular to a principal translational axis, on which is one of a conical protrusion and a conical indentation is formed. The bezel structure has the other of the conical protrusion and conical indentation. The conical indentation mates with the conical protrusion such that the conical protrusion and the portions forming the conical indentation are in contact around their perimeters when the button retainer and bezel structure are in a pre-load position. A method of producing the button retainer and bezel structure is also disclosed, which includes attaching an attachment mold pin to the molds, which can be altered and reattached in the tuning process.