Method of assembly of first and second component
AssigneeMeritor Light Vehicle Systems, Inc.
InventorNigel Spurr
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Abstract
A method of assembly of a first and second component comprising the steps of providing the first component with a projection providing a second component with a plastics engagement surface assembling the first and second components such that the projection is held substantially rigid relative to the first component and the plastics engagement surface is plastically deformed around the projection then allowing the plastics engagement surface to further creep around the projection such that the force required to disassemble the first and second components increases.
Claims42
A method of assembly of a latch housing to a door latch mounting plate comprising the steps of:
- providing the door latch mounting plate with a projection,
- providing the latch housing with a plastics engagement surface,
- assembling the latch housing to the door latch mounting plate such that the projection is held substantially rigid relative to the door latch mounting plate and the plastics engagement surface is plastically deformed around the projection then allowing the plastics engagement surface to further creep around the projection such that the force required to disassemble the latch housing from the door latch mounting plate increases.
A method of assembling a latch housing to a door latch mounting plate, the method comprising the steps of providing the door latch mounting plate with a projection and an associated abutment surface, providing the latch housing with a plastics engagement surface and an associated further abutment surface, assembling the latch housing to the door latch mounting plate such that the plastics engagement surface is plastically deformed around the projection, then maintaining the engagement between the plastics engagement surface and the projection by virtue of co-operation between the abutment surface and further abutment surface such that the plastics engagement surface can further creep around the projection such that the force required to disassemble the latch housing from the door latch mounting plate increases.
A method of assembling a latch housing to a door latch mounting plate comprising the steps of;
- providing the door latch mounting plate with a planar portion having first and second faces defining a plane and an edge, profiling the edge to provide a projection in the plane, providing the latch housing with a plastics engagement surface,
- assembling the latch housing and the door latch mounting plate such that the plastics engagement surface is plastically deformed around the projection, then allowing the plastics engagement surface to further creep around the projection such that the force required to disassemble the latch housing from the door latch mounting plate increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.