Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1991-06-03
1992-08-18
Kashnikow, Andres
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
292DIG1, B62D 2516
Patent
active
051392852
ABSTRACT:
An assembly for mounting a wheel opening skirt in a wheel access opening of a body panel of a motor vehicle. The skirt has a forward tab, a rear tab and a pair of center tabs. A bracket for the forward tab and each of the center tabs is permanently secured to the body panel. Each bracket has a slot for receiving the aligned tab retaining and positioning the skirt in an inboard-outboard position relative to the body panel. A ramp latch has a ramp surface with a slot for receiving the rear tab of the skirt to retain the skirt to the body panel. The ramp latch is pivotally mounted to the body panel for movement between an engaged position with the rear tab engagable by the slot and a released position with the rear tab disengaged from the slot. A spring engages the latch for biasing the latch to the engaged position. In operation, the skirt is inserted in the wheel access opening by inserting the forward tab into the respective slot and rotating the skirt upward until the forward tab and the center tabs are received by the respected slots. Simultaneously, the rear tab engages the ramp surface urging the ramp latch to the released position enabling the rear tab to register with the slot of the latch. The spring urges the latch into the engaged position where the slot engages the rear tab to thereby retain the wheel opening skirt securely to the body panel.
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Bruttomesso, Jr. Raymond I.
General Motors Corporation
Kashnikow Andres
Mar Michael
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