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US 10,518,613 B2Granted
Swing clamp for connecting panels of motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLohitha Dewasurendra, Mukdam Kena, Michael McElroy
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Abstract
A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first panel having an opening, a second panel configured to cover the opening, and at least one swing clamp attached to the second panel. The swing clamp is configured to clamp the second panel to the first panel. A method is also disclosed.
Claims16
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first panel having an opening;
- a second panel configured to cover the opening;
- at least one swing clamp attached to the second panel, wherein the swing clamp is configured to clamp the second panel to the first panel, wherein the swing clamp includes a shaft disposed along an axis and an arm projecting from the shaft, and wherein the swing clamp is configured such that the arm is both rotatable about the axis and linearly translatable along the axis.
A method, comprising:
- covering an opening in a first panel with a second panel;
- and
- clamping the second panel to the first panel using at least one swing clamp, wherein the clamping step includes rotating an arm of the swing clamp about an axis of a shaft of the swing clamp after the covering step, and translating the arm linearly along the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.