Supports – Instrument in panel
Patent
1984-08-15
1987-02-03
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports
Instrument in panel
248 56, G12B 900
Patent
active
046404783
ABSTRACT:
A structure for mounting a housing, such as the housing of a hydraulic cylinder, on a support plate or panel by a simple manual push-and-twist motion exerted on the housing and by the insertion of a spring clip between the housing and support plate. The support plate is provided, for example, with an opening defining a plurality of spaced-apart slots. The housing has a generally cylindrical mounting portion provided on one side with a circular flange of an outer diameter larger than the largest dimension of the plate opening. The other side of the cylindrical housing mounting portion is provided, for example, with a plurality of radially projecting lugs dimensioned such as to pass freely through the slots of the plate opening. A plurality of spaced-apart, locking portions, extends between consecutive slots. Each locking portion has a notch and each notch has sidewall abutment surfaces. After passage of the lugs through the slots of the plate opening, the protruding locking portions permit the lugs of the housing to be rotated a limited distance in a single direction within the mounting opening. The abutment surfaces of the locking portions block further rotation of the housing at a predetermined position wherein the lugs are in alignment with the notches. The spring clip is preferably U-shaped in configuration. The clip is thus insertable between the circular flange of the cylindrical housing mounting portion and the plate, thereby exerting a bias on the housing which urges the lugs in engagement within the notches.
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Automotive Products plc
Britts Ramon S.
Eley Sarah A. Lechok
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