Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1988-06-10
1991-01-01
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
105354, 24297, 24453, 24607, 16222, B60R 1302, B60N 302
Patent
active
049813234
ABSTRACT:
A modular headliner includes an assist strap for mounting to the modular headliner to the vehicle body structure and includes an assist strap fastening means. The fastening means extends to engage a vehicle body adjacent an opening defined by a vehicle body structure. A mandrel may then be inserted between the fastening means to lock the fastening means to the vehicle body structure to thereby mount the assist strap and headliner to vehicle body structure. The assist strap may include a pivotally mounted handle having a preassembly position such that upon displacement of the handle, the mandrel is displaced to the locking position. Additionally a breakaway tab means may secure the handle to the assist strap base such that until sufficient force is applied to the handle to rupture the breakaway tab the handle will not be displaced. The tab is tuned to require that a sufficient force be sufficient to drive the mandrel to the locking position.
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The Hartwell Corporation--NYLATCH technical report.
Bozyk Richard P.
Brown Matthew J.
Dowd James D.
Hilborn David M.
Pedder Dennis H.
Pike Andrew C.
United Technologies Automotive Inc.
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