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US 10,519,992 B2Granted
Spring clip with a single resilient cantilevered leg
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDiego Santillan Gutierrez, Fernando Paisano Rodriguez, Izcoatl Herrera
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Abstract
A spring clip includes a base, a post carried on the base and a single resilient cantilevered leg depending from the post. That resilient cantilevered leg includes an S-curve segment and a distal end having a double blocked notch.
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A spring clip, comprising:
- a base;
- a post carried on said base;
- and
- a single resilient cantilevered leg depending from said post wherein opposite said single resilient cantilevered leg said post includes two tapered guide ribs defining an intervening channel wherein each tapered guide rib of said two tapered guide ribs has a first width W1 at a first end and a second width W2 at a second end wherein W1>W2, wherein said first end engages said base and wherein said single resilient cantilevered leg includes an S-curve segment and a distal end having a double blocked notch.
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A spring clip, comprising:
- a base;
- a post carried on said base;
- and
- a single resilient cantilevered leg depending from said post wherein opposite said single resilient cantilevered leg said post includes two guide ribs defining an intervening channel and wherein said single resilient cantilevered leg includes an S-curve segment and a distal end having a double blocked notch.
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A spring clip, comprising:
- a base;
- a post carried on said base;
- a single resilient cantilevered leg depending from said post;
- and
- at least one guide rib carried on said post opposite said single resilient cantilevered leg
- wherein (a) said at least one guide rib is tapered and has a first width W1 at a first end and a second width W2 at a second end wherein W1>W2 and said first end engages said base, (b) said single resilient cantilevered leg includes an S-curve segment and a distal end having a double blocked notch that is substantially V-shaped and includes a midpoint angle and a radiused face and (c) said post includes an undercut and at least one aperture extending through said post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.