Integral doghouse fastener with retaining feature

Details Integral doghouse fastener with retaining feature Integral doghouse fastener with retaining feature

2007-02-20

2007-02-20

Pedder, Dennis H. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Door or window with specified vehicle feature

C052S511000, C024S297000, C024S458000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10906740

ABSTRACT:
An automotive door panel fastener assembly is provided including a substrate and a doghouse structure molded thereon. The doghouse structure includes a doghouse floor, a doghouse ceiling, a first doghouse sidewall having a first forward end and a first rearward end, a second doghouse sidewall having a second forward end and a second rearward end, a doghouse endwall, and a doghouse insertion opening. A pin chamber is formed through the doghouse ceiling. An entrance slot is formed in the doghouse ceiling to provide a path from the doghouse insertion opening to the pin chamber. The entrance slot has a first slot side and a second slot side. A first flexible arm has a first fixed end and a first free end. The first flexible arm is flexible in response to an inward force and is rigid in response to an outward force.

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