# US 11,078,948 B2 · Fastener boss and motor vehicle component incorporating that fastener boss

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- Number: US 11,078,948 B2
- Document ID: US11078948B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/278,516
- Filed: 2019-02-18
- Published: 2020-08-20
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-18
- Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Inventors: Santiago Yepes Gallo; Bhavani S. Thota; Linh Ngoc Doan; Ryan Mowery
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078948B2

## CPC

- F16B 37/005: {into which threads are cut during screwing}
- B60R 13/0206: {Arrangements of fasteners and clips specially adapted for attaching inner vehicle liners or mouldings (devices for fastening or securing F16B)}
- F16B 5/02: by means of fastening members using screw-thread ({F16B5/0004 takes precedence}; construction of screw-threaded connections F16B25/00 - F16B39/00)
- F16B 37/00: Nuts or like thread-engaging members {(specially shaped for rotations by a tool F16B23/00)}
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A fastener boss includes a body having a receiving column. The receiving column includes a first section with a first wall thickness and a second section with a second wall thickness wherein the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. A motor vehicle component incorporating the fastener boss is also disclosed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fastener boss, comprising:
a body including a receiving column having a first section, with a first wall thickness T1, and a second section, with a second wall thickness T2, where T1>T2 and wherein said first section extends along a first arc A1 and said second section extends along a second arc A2 wherein A1>A2 and A1+A2=360°.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fastener boss of claim 1, wherein said first arc A1 is at least 250 degrees.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fastener boss of claim 1, wherein said body further includes a plurality of ribs extending from said receiving column.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The fastener boss of claim 3, wherein a first rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said first section at an intermediate position along said first arc A1.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The fastener boss of claim 4, wherein a second rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said first section at a first end of said first arc A1 where said first section meets said second section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The fastener boss of claim 5, wherein a third rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said first section at a second end of said first arc A1 where said first section meets said second section.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The fastener boss of claim 6, wherein a fourth rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said second section at an intermediate point along said second arc A2.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The fastener boss of claim 7, wherein said second rib and said third rib are L-shaped in profile.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The fastener boss of claim 8, wherein said first rib is opposite said fourth rib.

### Claim 10

A fastener boss, comprising:
a body including a receiving column having a first section, with a first wall thickness T1, and a second section, with a second wall thickness T2, where T1>T2 wherein (a) said receiving column includes an opening at a first end and an undercut in said first section at a second end, (b) said body further includes a plurality of ribs extending from said receiving column and (c) a first rib of said plurality of ribs extends from the first section at an intermediate position along a first arc A, of said first section.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The fastener boss of claim 10, wherein a second rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said first section at a first end of said first arc A1 where said first section meets said second section.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The fastener boss of claim 11, wherein a third rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said first section at a second end of said first arc A1 where said first section meets said second section.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The fastener boss of claim 12, wherein a fourth rib of said plurality of ribs extends from said second section at an intermediate point along said second arc A2.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The fastener boss of claim 13, wherein said second rib and said third rib are L-shaped in profile.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The fastener boss of claim 14, wherein said first rib is opposite said fourth rib.

### Claim 16

A fastener boss, comprising:
a body including a receiving column having a first section, with a first wall thickness T1, and a second section, with a second wall thickness T2, where T1>T2 wherein (a) said first section extends along a first arc A1 and said second section extends along a second arc A2 wherein A1>A2, (b) said first arc A1 is at least 250 degrees and (c) said receiving column includes a central bore opening at a first end of said receiving column and an undercut in said first section at a second end of said receiving column.