Closure fasteners – Keepers – With silencing or anti-rattle means
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-18
2006-04-18
Estremsky, Gary (Department: 3676)
Closure fasteners
Keepers
With silencing or anti-rattle means
C292SDIG040
Reexamination Certificate
active
07029043
ABSTRACT:
A latch bolt engages a striker to releasably secure a first door to a vehicle body or a second door by relative displacement of the latch towards the striker. The latch bolt moves in a first plane to releasably retain the striker. The assembly includes a vertical wedge arrangement includes a first wedge surface on the latch and a second wedge surface on the striker. The first wedge surface and the second wedge surface cooperate to compensate for any misalignment and to prevent movement between the striker bar portion of the striker and a mouth of the latch in a direction parallel to the first plane. The latch is a plant-in latch, and the first surface is provided on a wedge plate securable to a shut face surface of the latch. The first wedge surface and the second wedge surface can be resilient.
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European Search Report Dated Dec. 12, 2002.
ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Ltd.
Carlson & Gaskey & Olds
Estremsky Gary
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