US 2025/0243701 A1 · Adjustable Closure Bumper Including Locking Nut

Abstract

An adjustable closure bumper includes a base, a stem, a bump stop, a ratchet mechanism, and a locking nut. The base is mountable to a body panel adjacent to an opening for a closure panel. The stem is insertable into a receptacle in the base. The bump stop is attached to one end of the stem for engaging the closure panel. The ratchet mechanism allows the stem to move into the receptacle in the base to adjust a height of the adjustable closure bumper while inhibiting movement of the stem out of the receptacle. The locking nut fits over a portion of the base forming the receptacle and is rotatable relative to the base to lockout the ratchet mechanism and thereby set the height of the adjustable closure bumper.

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Dependent claims

An adjustable closure bumper comprising:

a base mountable to a body panel adjacent to an opening for a closure panel;
a stem insertable into a receptacle in the base;
a bump stop attached to one end of the stem for engaging the closure panel;
a ratchet mechanism that allows the stem to move into the receptacle in the base to adjust a height of the adjustable closure bumper while inhibiting movement of the stem out of the receptacle;
and
a locking nut that fits over a portion of the base forming the receptacle and is rotatable relative to the base to lockout the ratchet mechanism and thereby set the height of the adjustable closure bumper.

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An adjustable closure bumper comprising:

a base mountable to a body panel adjacent to an opening for a closure panel, the base including a cylindrical portion having a receptacle;
a stem insertable into the receptacle in the base;
a bump stop attached to one end of the stem for engaging the closure panel;
and
a locking nut that fits over the cylindrical portion of the base and is rotatable relative to the cylindrical portion between an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein the stem is axially moveable within the receptacle to adjust a height of the adjustable closure bumper when the locking nut is in its unlocked position, and the stem is axially immovable within the receptacle when the locking nut is in its locked position such that adjusting the locking nut from its unlocked position to its locked position sets the height of the adjustable closure bumper.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable Closure Bumper Including Locking Nut

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Adjustable Closure Bumper Including Locking Nut

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Abstract

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