Two-shot tube retention pocket tube clamp, mold and process
AssigneeNewfrey LLC
InventorsJason A. Meyers, Roger E. Pilon, Tien T. Diep
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AssigneeNewfrey LLC
InventorsJason A. Meyers, Roger E. Pilon, Tien T. Diep
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A first shot body member includes a pair of side walls, a semi-circular sleeve positioned between the pair of side walls to define a portion of a longitudinal pocket, and a pair of deflecting wings. Each deflecting wing is coupled to one of the side walls at a corner. A second shot isolation member of an elastically resilient second material is bonded to portions of an interior surface of the longitudinal pocket defined by each of: the semi-circular sleeve, each of the pair of side walls, each of the pair of corners, and each of the pair of wings. Mold members can include supporting surfaces to support interior and exterior portions of the wing during the second shot molding operation, while leaving an exposed interior bonding surface that defines a portion of the second shot molding cavity. Related methods are further disclosed.
A tube retention fastener, comprising:
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