Headlamp bushing

Abstract

Abstract AN INITIALLY INTEGRAL SHAFT OR ROD MOUNTING BUSHING ASSEMBLY TO BE ATTACHED TO AN APERTURED SUPPORT PANEL AND INCLUDING A HOLLOW DRIVE PIN HAVING A SHEARABLE CONNECTION TO A GROMMET WITH A HEAD PORTION PRESENTING SHOULDER SURFACES TO ENGAGE THE ACCESSIBLE FACE OF THE PANEL AND SPACED PRONGS TO BE SNAPPED THROUGH THE PANEL APERTURE AND PRESENTING SHOULDER SURFACES TO ENGAGE THE BLIND FACE OF THE PANEL, THE SHOULDER SURFACES BEING RELATIVELY DISPOSED TO PERMIT RELATIVE ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN THE PANEL AND THE BUSHING ASSEMBLY ALONG AT LEAST ONE AXIS INCLUDED IN THE PLANE OF THE PANEL AND WITH SPHERICAL SURFACES JOINING THE OUTER EDGES OF OPPOSED SHOULDER SURFACES TO SNUG THE BUSHING IN THE PANEL APERTURE IN ALL POSITIONS OF RELATIVE ADJUSTMENT THEREBETWEEN. THE DRIVE PIN IS DRIVEN INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE GROMMET PRONGS TO HAVE AN INTERLOCKING SNAP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER ENDS THEREOF MAINTAINING THE OUTWARD SPREADING THEREOF FOR MOUNTING THE BUSHING IN THE PANEL APERTURE AND WITH THE DRIVE PIN RECEIVING THERETHROUGH A SHAFT OR ROD FOR MANIPULATON TO OPERATE SOME REMOTELY SITUATED MECHANISM, SUCH AS HEADLIGHT SHUTTERS OR OTHER MECHANISMS.

Inventors

• 👤 Julian V Fisher

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