A method of installing a vehicle component to a vehicle panel is provided. The method includes aligning a rib receiving channel of the vehicle component with an alignment rib that is formed integrally with the vehicle panel while also aligning a fastening opening of the vehicle component with a fastening opening through the vehicle panel. The alignment rib is inserted into the rib receiving channel. A fastener is inserted through the fastening openings of the vehicle component and the vehicle panel. The fastener is tightened while the alignment rib and rib receiving channel inhibit rotation of the vehicle component.
Vehicle components including rib receiving channels for receiving alignment ribs of vehicle panels
2020-11-17
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / E05F DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION , Vorrichtungen zum Bewegen der Flügel in die Offen- oder Schließstellung |
VEHICLE COMPONENTS INCLUDING RIB RECEIVING CHANNELS FOR RECEIVING ALIGNMENT RIBS OF VEHICLE PANELS
Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
|Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
|Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
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