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US 12,504,100 B2Granted
Mobile anti-rotation feature for modular bracket
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsChristian Reyes Victoria, Jesus Reyes Garcia, Everardo Daleth Adan Mariaca
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Abstract
A number of variations may include a product including a bracket including at least two separate parts including a base body bracket and a mobile anti-rotation feature or post, wherein the base body bracket includes a base body portion and a bracket portion, and wherein the base body portion includes a plurality of through holes formed therein, and wherein the mobile anti-rotation feature or post may be inserted into one of the plurality of through holes depending upon the mounting location of the bracket.
Claims20
A product comprising:
- a bracket comprising at least two separate parts comprising a base body bracket and a mobile anti-rotation feature or a post, wherein the base body bracket comprises a base body portion and a bracket portion, and wherein the base body portion includes a plurality of through holes formed therein, wherein the plurality of through holes includes at least three through holes, and wherein the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post is constructed and arranged to be received in one of the plurality of through holes depending upon a mounting location of the bracket, wherein the base body portion includes a first shoulder formed in a first surface defining one of the plurality of through holes positioned for engagement with a second shoulder of the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post.
A product comprising:
- a bracket comprising at least two separate parts comprising a base body bracket and a mobile anti-rotation feature or post, wherein the base body bracket comprises a base body portion and a bracket portion, and wherein the base body portion includes a plurality of through holes formed therein, and wherein the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post is constructed and arranged to be received in one of the plurality of through holes depending upon a mounting location of the bracket;
- wherein the base body portion includes first shoulder formed in a surface defining one of the plurality of through holes and includes a first sloped surface positioned for engagement with a second sloped surface of second shoulder of the mobile anti-rotation feature or post;
- a component of a vehicle received in, supported, or held by the bracket portion, and a vehicle support or a vehicle frame, and wherein the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post is positioned in one of the plurality of through holes, wherein a portion of the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post engages a face of the vehicle support or the vehicle frame, or extends through the vehicle support or the vehicle frame, wherein the plurality of through holes includes at least four through holes, wherein the base body portion includes at least four corners each having one through hole of the at least four through holes formed therein.
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of identical sets of a base body portion and a mobile anti-rotation feature or a post and placing individual sets at different spaced apart positions along a component of a vehicle system, or placing a first set of the plurality of identical sets of the base body portion and the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post at a position along a component of a first model of a first vehicle and placing a second set of the plurality of identical sets of the base body portion and the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post along another component of a second model of a second vehicle, wherein the first model and the second model are different, wherein the mobile anti-rotation feature or the post comprises a base portion and a first flexible finger and a second flexible finger extending from the base portion, wherein the first flexible finger and the second flexible finger are spaced from each other to define a gap therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.