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Patent No.:

US 9862422 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2016

Fastener for providing a clamp load between two parts

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

David Lee Jarvis, Madison Heights, MI (US);

Steven C. Dworack, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Jason Rogers

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

D Glenn Dayoan

Assistant Examiner:

Paul Chenevert

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/02 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/025 (2013.01); F16B 21/084 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rocker panel assembly for a vehicle includes an upper rocker panel, a lower rocker panel, and a fastener. The fastener connects the upper and lower rocker panels. The fastener has a frustoconical tip to locate the fastener on the lower rocker panel, a body with a plurality of fins to stabilize the fastener between the upper and lower rocker panels, and a shoulder including an arrow-head configured to clamp the lower rocker panel to the upper rocker panel between the shoulder and a head of the fastener.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Jarvis, David. (2018). Fastener for providing a clamp load between two parts (U.S. Patent No. 9862422). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9862422

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