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US 5,516,177 AGranted
Instrument panel glove box door assembly
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorDavid M. Levely
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Abstract
An improved glove box door assembly includes a resilient U-shaped clip member that operatively engages a piano hinge mounted on an instrument panel reinforcing member adjacent the lower edge of the door to damp movement of the door in the opening direction of the door with respect to the instrument panel.
Claims11
A door assembly for a glove box in an automotive instrument panel, comprising:
- a door mounted for pivotal movement on the instrument panel between a closed position and an open position;
- and
- a generally U-shaped clip member operatively engaging the door and the instrument panel and operative to resist movement of the door toward the open position.
A door assembly for a glove box in an automotive instrument panel, comprising:
- a door;
- an instrument panel having an aperture formed therein, the aperture being bounded along a lower edge by an elongated reinforcing member;
- a hinge member having one portion fixedly secured to the reinforcing member and one portion fixedly secured to the door, the portions being pivotally movable with respect to each other to move the door between a position closing the aperture and open positions;
- and
- a generally U-shaped resilient clip member clampingly engaging the reinforcing member and the hinge to resist movement of the door toward the open position.
2 more elements
A door assembly for a glove box in an automotive instrument panel, comprising:
- a door;
- an instrument panel having an aperture formed therein, the aperture being bounded along a lower edge by an elongated reinforcing member;
- a hinge member having one portion fixedly secured to the reinforcing member and one portion fixedly secured to the door, the portions being pivotally movable with respect to each other to move the door between a position closing the aperture and open positions;
- a generally U-shaped resilient clip member clampingly engaging the reinforcing member and the hinge to resist movement of the door toward the open position;
- and
- a tether member fixedly secured to the clip member and selectively lockingly engageable with the reinforcing member.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.