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US 6,471,263 B1Granted
Glass release button assembly of automotive tailgate
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJin-Su Choo
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Abstract
A tailgate glass release button assembly includes a button-mounting unit installed into a release button assembly hole formed on an outer panel of a tailgate for providing a socket, a button plugged into the socket of the button-mounting unit, and a spring interposed between the button-mounting unit and the button for returning the button after being depressed The button-mounting unit has more than one hanger formed around an upper portion of the button-mounting unit for preventing the button-mounting unit from being separated before being fastened.
Claims3
A tailgate glass release button assembly comprising:
- a button-mounting unit installed into a release button assembly hole formed on an outer panel of a tailgate for providing a socket;
- a button plugged into the socket of the button-mounting unit;
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- a spring interposed between the button-mounting unit and the button for returning the button after being depressed;
- wherein the button-mounting unit comprises more than one hanger formed around an upper portion of the button-mounting unit for preventing the button-mounting unit from being separated before being fastened, and the button has a push rod and a guide bar that are inserted into slots formed on an upper wall of the button-mounting unit, each having a stopper outside surface thereof for preventing the button from being released from the slots when the button returns.
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