A fastener assembly ((fig 2, 12) configured to fasten a vehicle trim component 14 to a structural element 16 of a vehicle (Fig 1, 10), the fastener assembly (12) comprising: an attachment feature (Fig 3, 20) affixed to the vehicle trim component 14 and arranged to be fastened to the structural element 16; and a shim component 40; wherein, in use, a tapered feature of the shim 40 is arranged to be located between a surface of the attachment feature (20) and a surface of the structural element 16 such that the surface of the attachment feature (20) and the surface of the structural element 16 are non-parallel with respect to one another when the vehicle trim component 14 is fastened to the structural element 16.
Vehicle fastener assembly
2019-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile |
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