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US 5,956,833 AGranted
Windshield locating cam
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsPatrick Davis, Frank B. Webb, Mark O. Minty, Al Szczeblewski
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Abstract
A cam for locating and holding a windshield in an automobile during installation and cure includes a body having a bore in the bottom providing a journal for guiding rotation of the body in an arc around the bore. A lever arm projects from one side of the body. A nose projects from the opposite side of the body. A cam surface on the nose includes a ramped portion sloped outwardly and downwardly, having a planar section and an arcuate section.
Claims15
A cam, comprising:
- a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and a bore formed at least partway into said body through said bottom surface;
- a lever arm extending from said body;
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- a cam surface extending at least partially around said body, said cam surface including a ramped portion between said top and bottom surfaces and sloped outwardly and downwardly toward said bottom surface and extending circumferentially around said bore so as to define a compound wedge.
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A cam for locating and holding a windshield in place while it is being installed in an automobile comprising:
- a body having planar, parallel, top and bottom surfaces and a cylindrical bore extending through said bottom surface perpendicular thereto providing a journal for guiding rotation of said body in an arc around said bore,
- a lever arm extending rearwardly from said body,
- a nose extending forwardly from said body, said nose having a planar lower surface spaced above the bottom surface of said body and extending forwardly beyond said bottom surface of said body, and
- a cam surface on said nose, said cam surface including a ramped portion extending from said top surface to said lower surface of said nose and sloped outwardly and downwardly toward said lower surface,
- said cam surface extending circumferentially around said bore so as to define a compound wedge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.