Snap clip lug
AssigneeClimax Molybdebum Company
InventorKhanh Phu Nguyen
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Abstract
A method for assembling a snap clip lug. The snap clip lug is assembled by inserting a resilient arm into a sleeve opening. The resilient arm is connected at one end to a base of a clasp member and has a locking tab at the other end. The sleeve is defined in a receptacle member with an opening at one end and a locking slot at the other end. The resilient arm is flexed in a first lateral direction during insertion into the sleeve opening. When the locking tab is engaged in the locking slot, the resilient arm flexes in a second lateral direction, causing it to be retained in the sleeve, thereby forming the snap clip lug.
Claims9
A method for assembling a snap clip lug, comprising:
- inserting a resilient arm into an opening of a sleeve, the resilient arm being connected at one end to a base of a clasp member and comprising a locking tab operatively associated with another end of the resilient arm, the sleeve being defined in a receptacle member and having the opening at one end and a locking slot at another end;
- flexing the resilient arm in a first lateral direction during insertion in the opening;
- engaging the locking tab in the locking slot, thereby causing the resilient arm to flex in a second lateral direction, and;
- retaining the resilient arm in the sleeve, thereby forming the snap clip lug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.