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Support tube for motor-vehicle accessory and method and apparatus for making a recess therein

US9132470B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

GRAMMER AG · DE

Inventors

Friedhelm Pausch · Amberg, DE
Markus Hoffmann · Wolfschlugen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2009
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/5185
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A support tube adapted to carry a motor-vehicle accessory and to slide in a bearing tube provided with a latch element is hollow, cylindrical, centered on an axis, and formed with a plurality of outwardly open notches. These notches are each in turned formed by a flat latch face extending generally perpendicular to the axis, an outwardly open indent adjacent the latch face, a cam face extending from the latch radially outward to an outer surface of the tube, and a flat base face extending generally parallel to the axis from an inner edge of the latch face to an inner edge of the cam face.

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