System for coupling and fixing plastic material accessories to modular self-supporting elements and the latter to the vehicle bodywork
US6178605A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/42
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The system is designed to definitely couple and fix a mechanism and/or accessory (1) in the interior of a motor vehicle, the mechanism (1) including a pyramid-shaped protuberance (2) with a fixed (5) and a resilient (6) portion, and a skirt (4) in which a slot (3) is provided, wherein upon the passage of such pyramid-shaped protuberance (2) through a hole (8) purposely made in the self-supporting element (7) of the vehicle at issue, which self-supporting element may be the ceiling, a door panel, etc., it is held on a resilient plastic blade (9) in a window (10) identical with that purposely provided in the vehicle bodywork (13), wherein a supplementary wedge element (11) inserted through the bottom, on the pyramid-shaped protuberance (2), definitely fixes said mechanism or accessory (1), the slot (3) thereof leaving the thickness of the resilient blade (9) and the vehicle bodywork shell. The system allows an easy pre-fitting and definitive mounting, and the replacement of the mechanisms and/or accessories on their own, and indeed of the assembly fixed to the actual bodywork, for the purpose of inspection, repair or replacement.
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