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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Robert George Thompson, Brentwood, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical and hollow main body having an open end and a closed end and a bayonet component extending therein. The bayonet component has a shaft at least partially enclosed within the main body and a pair of opposing protrusions extending radially outside of the main body proximate to a first end of the shaft. The apparatus further includes a lever rotatably coupled to the main body proximate to the open end thereof, and the lever includes a locking recess selectively aligned with the open end of the main body. The apparatus also includes a resilient member enclosed within the main body between the closed end thereof and the first end of the shaft of the bayonet component, and the resilient member biases the bayonet component toward the lever. The bayonet component engages the locking recess to inhibit rotation of the lever relative to the main body.