Retaining arrangement for fender

Details Retaining arrangement for fender Retaining arrangement for fender

1993-08-26

1994-10-25

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

296191, 296198, 525731, 525821, B62D 2516

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053583027

ABSTRACT:
A clip and bracket retainer arrangement for attaching a plastic panel to the subjacent frame of an automotive vehicle enabling controlled distortion free thermal expansion and contraction of the plastic panel relative to the frame. The attaching arrangement includes a retaining clip fixed on an outboard surface of a panel support wall and an L-sectioned bracket comprising a vertical head plate and a horizontal base plate mounted to the frame. The retaining clip, having a U-shape in horizontal cross section, comprises an elongated web formed with foot portion at each end of the clip web. The pair of foot portions extend out of the plane of the web for engagement with the support wall outboard surface defining an elongated slotted clearance therewith. The bracket head plate has a rectangular aperture intermediate its ends defining a forward plate portion adapted for captured in the slotted clearance permitting vertical and longitudinal distortion free thermal growth of the plastic panel and clip relative to the bracket and vehicle frame.

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patent: 5297845 (1994-03-01), Smartt et al.

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