Patent · US Expired

Sliding mount for securing a plastics motor vehicle body part piece on a support

US6257794A · kind A · utility

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5References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 1999
Grant dateJul 10, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/606
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding mount for a part made of plastics material and having at least one thin wall that is to be mounted in sliding manner on a support via its thin wall, the thin wall having an elongate opening therein with two longitudinal edges that are substantially parallel at least over a portion of their length, the mount comprising a spacer that is separate from the part, that is thicker than the thin wall, and that is suitable for sliding in the opening between the two longitudinal edges thereof. The spacer comprises an elastically deformable portion bearing slidably against the thin wall of the part when the spacer slides in the opening, the thin wall having a coupling shape organized in such a manner that when the spacer is in a privileged position relative to the opening, the deformable portion of the spacer couples with the thin wall.

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