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US 10,377,328 B2Granted
Deployable retention device and method of retaining a charge cord in a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJose Ramon Gachuz Navarro, Alfonso Ortiz Espino, Estefania Rojas Silva
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Abstract
A retention device, useful in a method of retaining a charge cord in a motor vehicle, includes a housing, a retainer and an actuator. The retainer includes a pivot connecting the retainer to the housing and is displaceable between a stowed position and a use position. The actuator translates along a guideway in the housing and is displaced from a first position to a second position in order to displace the retainer to the use position.
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A retention device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a retainer including a pivot connecting said retainer to said housing, said retainer being displaceable between a stowed position and a use position;
- an actuator carried on said housing, said actuator being displaced from a first position to a second position in order to displace said retainer to said use position;
- a first biasing element biasing said retainer toward said stowed position;
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- a second biasing element biasing said actuator toward said first position wherein said first biasing element is a coil spring having a first end connected to said retainer and a second end connected to said housing.
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A retention device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a retainer including a pivot connecting said retainer to said housing, said retainer being displaceable between a stowed position and a use position;
- and
- an actuator carried on said housing, said actuator being displaced from a first position to a second position in order to displace said retainer to said use position wherein said actuator includes a cam surface, including an arcuate section and a step, and said retainer includes a cam follower, said cam follower engaging and following said cam surface as said actuator is displaced between said first position and said second position.
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A retention device, comprising:
- a housing including (a) guideway and (b) a first opening and a second opening separated by an partition;
- a retainer including at least one cam follower and a pivot connecting said retainer to said housing, said retainer being displaceable between a stowed position and a use position;
- a first biasing element biasing said retainer toward said stowed position;
- an actuator carried on said housing, said actuator being displaced along said guideway between a first position and a second position in order to displace said retainer to said use position;
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- a second biasing element biasing said actuator toward said first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.