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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nitesh Chandrakant Jadhav, Canton, MI (US);
Mirza Safder Baig, Canton, MI (US);
Krishnakanth E. Aekbote, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A door trim assembly includes an armrest, a pull-cup unit, and an attachment structure. The attachment structure has a first portion with a first flange, a second portion with two second flanges on opposing sides of the first flange, and an attachment member engaged with the at least one first flange and the at least two second flanges. The first and second portions are respectively coupled to one each of the armrest and the pull-cup unit, which may prevent separation during and after a crash event.