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US 2004/0056516 A1Published application
Vehicle part mounting structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahide Takada
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Abstract
A mounting structure for a retainer for mounting a vehicle door lock striker is provided. A panel constituting part of a vehicle body is formed on its first side with a retainer receiving recess for receiving a fitting protrusion of a first end portion of the retainer. The first end portion of the retainer is immovably supported by the receiving recess. A second end portion of the retainer is fixed to a fixing area of the panel by spot welding.
Claims3
A vehicle part mounting structure, comprising:
- a panel constituting part of a vehicle body;
- a retainer mounted to a first side of the panel and having at least one female thread;
- at least one bolt threadedly engaged with the female thread from a second side of the panel;
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- a part mounted to the second side of the panel with the bolt,
- the retainer having a first end portion mounted to the first side of the panel by a fitting structure, and a second end portion mounted to a fixing area of the panel by spot welding,
- the fitting structure including a retainer receiving recess set back from the first side of the panel toward the retainer, a retainer inserting aperture opening from the retainer receiving recess toward the fixing area, and a fitting protrusion provided at the first end portion of the retainer, the fitting protrusion being inserted through the retainer inserting aperture and fitted into the retainer receiving recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.