IP Library Granted Patent US 10,183,631
Granted Patent B2
US 10,183,631 · App. 15/067,606 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Double hook attachment system

Inventors: Jose Manuel Guzman Colin (Izcalli, MX); Luis Humberto Soni Gutierrez (Mexico City, MX)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60R11/0252B60R2011/0015B60R2011/0064B60R2011/0276
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Patent No.
US 10,183,631
App. No.
15/067,606
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tablet device holder assembly may include a housing defining an housing opening and including a housing lip arranged on a first side of the housing above the housing opening, and a removable bezel having a projection configured to extend through the housing opening and defining a projection opening that when the bezel is rotated to an installed state, the lip is received within the projection opening to maintain the bezel on the housing.

Claims (18)

1. A tablet device holder assembly, comprising:

a housing defining a housing opening and including a housing lip arranged on a first side of the housing above the housing opening;

hook extending outwardly downward from the housing at a second side opposite of the first side to partially obstruct the housing opening; and

a removable bezel having a projection configured to extend through the housing opening and defining a projection opening that when the bezel is rotated to an installed state, the housing lip is received within the projection opening to maintain the bezel on the housing.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the projection includes a first portion defining a first opening and a second portion defining the projection opening, the first opening configured to receive the hook of the housing upon the projection being inserted through the housing opening to prevent lateral movement of the bezel with respect to the housing.

3. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the projection opening is configured to receive the housing lip concurrently with the first opening receiving the hook.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing lip has a lip width corresponding to a projection opening width to prevent axial movement of the bezel with respect to the housing when the projection opening receives the lip.

5. An attachment mechanism, comprising:

a housing part defining a housing opening and having a lip extending outwardly from a first side and a hook extending outwardly downward from an opposite second side; and

a bezel part having an L-shaped projection extending outward therefrom, the projection defining a first opening at a first portion and a second opening at a second portion, the first opening configured to receive the hook and the second opening configured to receive the lip to fix the bezel part to the housing part in an installed state.

6. The attachment mechanism of claim 5 , wherein the lip has a lip width corresponding to a projection opening width to prevent axial movement of the bezel part with respect to the housing part when the projection opening receives the lip.

7. The attachment mechanism of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the housing part and the bezel part are formed from injection molding.

8. The attachment mechanism of claim 5 , wherein the hook is received by the first opening concurrently with the projection being received by the housing opening.

9. The attachment mechanism of claim 5 , wherein the hook extends downward to partially obstruct the housing opening.

10. An attachment mechanism, comprising:

a housing defining a housing opening, the housing including a lip arranged above the housing opening on a first side of the housing and a hook extending outwardly downward from a second side of the housing to partially obstruct the housing opening; and

a bezel defining a projection opening that when the bezel is installed on the housing, the projection opening receives the lip to maintain the bezel on the housing.

11. The mechanism of claim 10 , wherein the bezel includes an L-shaped projection extending outward therefrom, the projection defining a first opening at a first portion and a second opening at a second portion, the first opening configured to receive the hook and the second opening configured to receive the lip to fix the bezel part to the housing part in an installed state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2016
From: GUZMAN COLIN, JOSE MANUEL; SONI GUTIERREZ, LUIS HUMBERTO
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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