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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Charles G. Bambenek, Farmington, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Charles G. Bambenek, Farmington, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle including an anti-chucking striker overmold for minimizing chucking of a vehicle door having a latch therein. The anti-chucking striker overmold may include a striker mount connected to a striker and including one or more wedges including a first portion contiguously engageable with a latch frameplate opening to minimize movement of the vehicle door relative to the striker in a first direction. The wedge may include a second portion formed line-to-line with a fishmouth opening of the latch to minimize movement of the vehicle door in a second direction.