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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Huelke, Milan, MI (US);
Mike Popovski, Warren, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A retention clip for an interior vehicle component may include a base and a pair of frame members extending from the base. Each of the frame members may include a primary wing arranged with the base to secure the clip to a sheet metal portion and may have a body including a flared portion partially cutout from the body. The flared portion may define a secondary wing extending from the primary wing and may be configured to contact the metal when the primary wing is dislodged from an installed position. The secondary wings may define distal ends spaced apart from one another at a distance greater than a width of a slot defined by the sheet metal.