Tuneless cantilever system
AssigneeYazaki North America, Inc.
InventorsVictor Hugo Salinas-Fox, Junji Yagi, Ionut Patrulescu, Brian Christopher Schweitzer
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Abstract
A cantilever system comprises a snapping body configured to ensure a persistent contact with a receiving body. The snapping body includes a supporting body extending from the snapping body, a step extending from the supporting body, the step configured to lock the snapping body and the receiving body in an engaged position, and a constant contact protrusion extending into the step, wherein the constant contact protrusion is configured to maintain engagement of the snapping body and the receiving body.
Claims25
A cantilever system configured for tuneless operability, the cantilever system comprising:
- a receiving body;
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- a snapping body configured to ensure a persistent contact with the receiving body, the snapping body comprising:
- a supporting body having a height and a length;
- a step extending from the supporting body, the step configured to lock the snapping body and the receiving body in an engaged position;
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- a constant contact protrusion extending into the step, the constant contact protrusion including:
- a first edge extending along a portion of the length of the supporting body;
- a second edge extending along a portion of a length of the step;
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- a planar contact surface configured to engage at least a portion of the receiving body, the contact surface extending between the first edge and the second edge;
- wherein a length of the constant contact protrusion is less than the length of the step;
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- wherein the constant contact protrusion is configured to maintain engagement of the snapping body and the receiving body;
- wherein, in the engaged position, the constant contact protrusion is configured to snap into a locking channel defined in an interior wall of the receiving body.
A cantilever system configured for tuneless operability, the cantilever system comprising:
- a receiving body comprising:
- first and second side supports;
- first and second connecting walls disposed between the first and second side supports;
- a passage defined by the first and second side supports and the first and second connecting walls;
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- an interior wall configured to define a locking channel;
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- a snapping body configured to ensure a persistent contact with the receiving body, the snapping body comprising:
- a supporting body;
- a step extending from the supporting body at a height along the supporting body, the step having a length extending between a first location along a length of the supporting body and a second location along the length of the supporting body, wherein the step is configured to lock the snapping body and the receiving body in an engaged position;
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- a constant contact protrusion extending into the step, the constant contact protrusion including:
- a first edge having a length extending along the length of the supporting body;
- a second edge having a length extending along the step between a first location along the length of the step and a second location along the length of the step;
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- a contact surface configured to engage at least a portion of the receiving body, the contact surface including a planar surface defined between the first edge and the second edge;
- wherein a length of the constant contact protrusion is less than the length of the step;
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- wherein the constant contact protrusion is configured to maintain engagement of the snapping body and the receiving body;
- wherein, in the engaged position, the constant contact protrusion is configured to snap into the locking channel in the interior wall of the receiving body.
A cantilever system comprising:
- a receiving body comprising:
- an inner surface defining a passage;
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- a channel extending into and defined by at least a portion of the inner surface;
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- a snapping body comprising:
- a supporting body configured to be received within the passage of the receiving body;
- a step attached to and extending from the supporting body;
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- a contact protrusion comprising:
- a first edge extending along a portion of a length of the supporting body;
- a second edge extending along a portion of a length of the step;
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- a flat contact surface extending between the first edge and the second edge;
- wherein a length of the contact protrusion is less than the length of the step;
- wherein a length of the channel is less than the length of the step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.