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Door panel connector

US5233731A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 19, 1991
Grant dateAug 10, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/42
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A connector for joining automobile panels. A retainer member having a shaped slot is molded into a door panel and receives a flat headed stud for supporting a hook surrounded by a sealing flange for hooking over an edge of an opening in a sheet metal door panel for fastening the panels together.

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