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US 12,359,689 B2Granted
Ribbed screwboss
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsKacper Surowiak, Batlomiej Kaminski
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Abstract
A screwboss including a base, a main body, an opening into an end of the main body, distal from the base for fixing a threaded fastener thereinto. The screwboss further includes at least one rib adjoining the base and the main body to support the main body in an upstanding position. At least one rib extends from the main body at a position offset from a radial line from a center axis of the opening and toward a tangent from the opening.
Claims15
A screwboss comprising:
- a base;
- a main body
- an opening into an end of the main body, distal from the base, for fixing a threaded fastener thereinto;
- and
- at least one rib, adjoining the base and the main body and defining a central plane and a side plane parallel to the central plane, to support the main body in an upstanding position,
- wherein the at least one rib extends away from the main body at an offset position oriented such that the central plane or the side plane of the at least one rib extends in a direction coinciding with a tangent line from the opening and parallel with a radial line of the opening, such that an in use torque force coinciding with the tangent line applied to a surface of the opening by the threaded fastener passes through the at least one rib.
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A method for mounting a first component part to a base component part, the method comprising:
- forming a screwboss into a surface of the base component part, wherein:
- the screwboss includes:
- a base;
- a main body;
- an opening into an end of the main body, distal from the base, for fixing a threaded fastener thereinto;
- and
- at least one rib, adjoining the base and the main body and defining a central plane and a side plane parallel to the central plane, to support the main body in an upstanding position, and
- the at least one rib extends away from the main body at an offset position oriented such that the central plane or the side plane of the at least one rib extends in a direction coinciding with a tangent line from the opening and parallel with a radial line of the opening, such that an in use torque force coinciding with the tangent line applied to a surface of the opening by the threaded fastener passes through the at least one rib;
- aligning an opening of the first component part with the opening into the main body;
- and
- inserting a fastener through the aligned openings and turning the fastener, in a direction counter to an offset in the at least one rib, to engage and be driven into the opening in the main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.