Vehicles having parts connected with a sealing spring fastener comprising a closed cavity
AssigneeTermax Corporation
InventorsMichael Walter Smith, Gary John Bobeck
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Abstract
This invention relates to a sealing spring fastener, which comprises a U-shaped structure, on which an elastic body has been incorporated. The elastic body has a closed cavity within the U-shaped structure. The sealing spring fastener can form an assembly with an extension of a panel, preferably a plastic panel. The assembly or the fastener by itself can be engaged into the slot of a solid sheet, preferably a metal sheet, in a manner that one side of the sheet is sealed from the other side of the sheet in the vicinity of the slot. This invention also relates to vehicles having parts connected with the above sealing spring fasteners.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising two parts connected with a sealing spring fastener, the sealing spring fastener comprising:
- a U-shaped structure having a first side, a second side, a top end and a bottom end;
- a spring leg on each side of the U-shaped structure, extending outwardly from said U-shaped structure in a general direction from the bottom end toward the top end, each spring leg having an attached end and a free end;
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- an elastic body integrally molded on the U-shaped structure at least under the top end, except at least the free end of each extending leg, the elastic body having a closed cavity within the first side and the second side of said U-shaped structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.