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US 10,519,704 B2Granted
Glove box assembly with living hinge and methods of installing the same
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSatyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Vijaykumar Hegde, Scott H. Dunham
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Abstract
A glove box assembly includes a first tab adapted for coupling to a dashboard substrate. A glove box door includes a second tab. The glove box assembly includes a living hinge. A hinge pin is located within the tabs. The tabs are pivotably coupled to the hinge pin and the living hinge retains a longitudinal position of the hinge pin.
Claims17
A glove box assembly, comprising:
- a first tab adapted for coupling to a dashboard substrate;
- a glove box door comprising a second tab;
- a living hinge;
- a hinge pin located within the tabs, and
- wherein the tabs are pivotably coupled to the hinge pin and the living hinge retains a longitudinal position of the hinge pin, and
- further wherein the first tab comprises a pair of raised portions and the second tab is interposed between the pair of raised portions.
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A glove box assembly, comprising:
- a first tab adapted for coupling to a dashboard substrate;
- a living hinge removably coupled to the dashboard substrate;
- a glove box door comprising a second tab;
- a hinge pin located within the tabs;
- and
- wherein the tabs are pivotably coupled to the hinge pin and the living hinge retains a longitudinal position of the hinge pin, and
- further wherein the first tab comprises a pair of raised portions and the second tab is interposed between the pair of raised portions.
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A method of installing a glove box assembly comprising:
- aligning a glove box door tab of a glove box door with a dashboard substrate tab, the dashboard substrate tab adapted for coupling to a dashboard substrate;
- inserting a hinge pin through the tabs to pivotably couple the door to the substrate;
- and
- coupling a living hinge to the substrate and the hinge pin, wherein the living hinge retains a longitudinal position of the hinge pin,
- wherein the dashboard substrate tab comprises a pair of raised portions and the glove box door tab is interposed between the pair of raised portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.