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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hubert Niessen, Heimbach, DE;
Andreas Thiessen, Kreuzau, DE;
Michael Meyer, Pulheim, DE;
Helmut Olbricht, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/14631 (2013.01); B60R 1/006 (2013.01); B60R 1/06 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4998 (2015.01);
Abstract
An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes a polymeric outer shell having a metal reinforcement member coupled thereto, wherein the polymeric outer shell forms form closures about connecting features of the metal reinforcement member, so as to provide an operably coupling between the polymeric outer shell and the metal reinforcing member that is secured by independent connection locations that are effective to support an external mirror assembly in multiple dimensions.