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US 8,944,479 B2Granted
Vehicle door fixing apparatus
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Muramatsu, Kosuke Tsukamoto, Yoshiki Odaka
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Abstract
A vehicle door fixing apparatus, a fixed wedge configured to be fixedly attached to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a base plate configured to be fixedly attached to the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a movable wedge slidably provided at the base plate, a biasing member biasing the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge, and a cover fixedly attached to the base plate and covering around the biasing member.
Claims16
A vehicle door fixing apparatus, comprising:
- a fixed wedge configured to be fixedly attached to one of a vehicle body panel or a door panel;
- a base plate configured to be fixedly attached to the other one of the vehicle body panel or the door panel, the base plate including a supporting portion;
- a movable wedge slidably provided at the base plate, the movable wedge including a recessed portion;
- a biasing member biasing the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge, the biasing member comprising a coil portion wound in a coil configuration and two arm portions each protruding outwardly from the coil portion, the supporting portion of the base plate supporting the coil portion, and each of the arm portions possessing a part spaced from the coil portion and in contact with a surface of the recessed portion of the movable wedge;
- the movable wedge being movable relative to the base plate against the biasing of the biasing member, and during movement of the movable wedge relative to the base plate the surface of the recessed portion of the movable wedge acts on the two arm portions of the biasing member to change an angle between the two arm portions of the biasing member;
- a cover fixedly attached to the base plate and covering around the biasing member;
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- wherein the base plate is configured to be assembled to one of the vehicle body panel or the door panel by fasteners which are covered by the movable wedge when the movable wedge is in its original position.
5 more elements
A vehicle door fixing apparatus, comprising:
- a fixed wedge configured to be fixedly attached to a door panel;
- a base plate configured to be fixedly attached to a vehicle body panel, the base plate including a supporting portion;
- a movable wedge slidably provided at the base plate, the movable wedge including a recessed portion;
- a biasing member biasing the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge, the biasing member comprising a coil portion wound in a coil configuration and two arm portions each protruding outwardly from the coil portion, the supporting portion of the base plate supporting the coil portion and each of the arm portions possessing a part spaced from the coil portion and in contact with a surface of the recessed portion of the movable wedge;
- the movable wedge being movable relative to the base plate against the biasing of the biasing member, and during movement of the movable wedge relative to the base plate the surface of the recessed portion of the movable wedge acts on the two arm portions of the biasing member to change an angle between the two arm portions of the biasing member;
- a cover fixedly attached to the base plate and covering around the biasing member;
- and
- wherein the base plate is configured to be assembled to the vehicle body panel by fasteners which are covered by the movable wedge.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.