Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1991-09-25
1993-03-16
Eley, Timothy V.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29434, 29439, 294411, 295251, 264342R, 264230, 220562, 220746, B23P 1102
Patent
active
051932628
ABSTRACT:
A heat shield retainer and method for mounting a heat shield onto a polymeric fuel tank. The heat shield retainer comprises a nut and bolt combination and a retainer body. The retainer body has bulbous pegs located on a first side thereof for engaging within corresponding sockets located within a fuel tank to secure the retainer body to the fuel tank. The retainer body further includes a releasable channel located on a second side thereof for releasably connecting the nut and bolt thereto. One or more retainers of the present invention may be employed to mount a heat shield onto a polymeric fuel tank. After a polymeric tank has been formed, and before it has cooled, the respective pegs of each heat shield retainer are inserted into corresponding sockets located within the fuel tank. As the tank cools, the polymeric material of the tank defining the sockets contracts about the pegs. As a result, after the tank cools, the pegs are locked within the sockets, and hence to the fuel tank.
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Bryans Thomas J.
Hyde James P.
Bryant David P.
Eley Timothy V.
Ford Motor Company
Porcari Damian
Sadler Clifford L.
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