Fastener housing for HVAC case
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorsJavier Rodriguez, Kevin McAlpine
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Abstract
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) case including a mount for mounting the HVAC case to a vehicle dash with a fastener. A fastener housing is defined by the mount for receiving the fastener therein. The fastener housing includes an aperture configured to receive a shank of the fastener. The fastener housing further includes a head housing configured to receive a head of the fastener. The head housing includes a locator portion configured to center the head in the head housing and a stress relief portion between the locator portion and the aperture.
Claims19
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) case comprising:
- a mount for mounting the HVAC case to a vehicle dash with a fastener;
- a fastener housing defined by the mount for receiving the fastener therein, the fastener housing including:
- an aperture configured to receive a shank of the fastener;
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- a head housing configured to receive a head of the fastener, the head housing including a locator portion configured to center the head in the head housing and a stress relief portion between the locator portion and the aperture;
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- a recess formed on an outer surface of the head housing, the recess configured to receive a seal of the fastener.
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) case comprising:
- a mount for mounting the HVAC case to a vehicle dash with a fastener;
- a fastener housing defined by the mount for receiving the fastener therein, the fastener housing including:
- an aperture configured to receive a shank of the fastener;
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- a head housing configured to receive a head of the fastener, the head housing including a locator portion configured to center the head in the head housing and a stress relief portion between the locator portion and the aperture, a first outer sidewall of the stress relief portion is further from a center of the head housing than a second outer sidewall of the locator portion;
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- a recess formed on an outer surface of the head housing, the recess configured to receive a seal of the fastener;
- wherein a gap is defined between the first outer sidewall and the head of the fastener seated in the locator portion, the gap configured to reduce stress at the fastener housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.