Spring clip
AssigneeInternational Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorKenneth R. Seymour
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Abstract
A spring clip for retaining an electrical connector in coupled engagement with a fuel injector includes a unitary spring clip component having a retainer assembly, a lever assembly operably coupled to the retainer assembly, and a fulcrum assembly operably coupled to the lever assembly. A method of disengaging a spring clip from engagement with a fuel injector, the spring clip retaining an electrical connector in coupled engagement with the fuel injector is also included.
Claims23
A spring clip for retaining an electrical connector in coupled engagement with a fuel injector, comprising:
- a retainer assembly being couplably engageable with the fuel injector;
- a lever assembly operably coupled to the retainer assembly;
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- a fulcrum assembly operably coupled to the lever assembly and operably engageable to the electrical connector.
A spring clip for retaining an electrical connector in coupled engagement with a fuel injector, comprising:
- a unitary spring clip component having:
- a retainer assembly;
- a lever assembly operably coupled to the retainer assembly;
- and
- a fulcrum assembly operably coupled to the lever assembly.
A method of disengaging a spring clip from engagement with a fuel injector, the spring clip retaining an electrical connector in coupled engagement with the fuel injector, comprising:
- imparting a component of a force to a spring clip lever assembly, the force being imparted at a point displaced from a retainer assembly along a longitudinal axis;
- restraining motion of an end of the spring clip by means of a fulcrum assembly being in engagement with the electrical connector;
- translating a retainer assembly of the spring clip relative to the electrical connector;
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- disengaging a retainer assembly from engagement with the fuel injector by means of the translatory motion being imparted to the retainer assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.