Receiver assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10344792-B2
Application number	US-201715411570-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Priority date	Jan 20, 2017
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A receiver assembly includes a housing supporting a receiver at least partially within the housing. The receiver includes interior walls forming a cavity accessible through a slot formed in a face of the receiver. First and second lugs extend from the receiver and opposing guide tracks extend from the housing for receiving at least portions of the first and second lugs and limiting movement of the receiver to a first axis within a first plane.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A receiver assembly comprising:
a housing supporting a receiver at least partially within said housing, said receiver including a face having an opening therein, at least two lugs extending from said receiver and a cavity accessible through the opening wherein the cavity includes upper and lower portions and defines an interior opening narrower than the opening in said face and wherein said lower portion is bulbous and the interior opening is formed at an intersection of said upper portion and said lower portion; and
opposing guide tracks extending from said housing receive said at least two lugs and limit movement of said receiver to a first axis within a first plane parallel to a second plane defined by the face.

2. The receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein said upper portion includes sloping walls extending from the opening in said face toward the interior opening.

3. The receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein the opening is a slot extending along a second axis, the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis.

4. The receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least two lugs are coplanar with said face.

5. A receiver assembly comprising:
a housing supporting a receiver at least partially within said housing, said receiver including interior walls forming a cavity accessible through a first slot formed in a face of said receiver;
first and second lugs extending from said receiver; and
opposing guide tracks extending from said housing, each of said opposing guide tracks contacting three sides of one of at least portions of said first and second lugs limiting movement of said receiver to a first axis within a first plane and wherein the first slot extends along a second axis, the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis.

6. The receiver assembly of claim 5 , wherein the cavity extends along a second plane including the second axis, the second plane being substantially perpendicular to the first plane.

7. The receiver assembly of claim 6 , further comprising at least one tab extending from said housing.

8. The receiver assembly of claim 5 , wherein said interior walls form a second slot, an outside width of the first slot formed in said face being larger than an outside width of the second slot.

9. The receiver assembly of claim 8 , wherein at least one of said interior walls slopes from the outside width of the first slot to the outside width of the second slot.

10. The receiver assembly of claim 5 , wherein said first and second lugs are coplanar with said face.

11. A utility vehicle incorporating the receiver assembly of claim 5 .

12. A receiver assembly comprising:
a housing supporting a receiver at least partially within said housing, said receiver having an opening in a surface thereof;
at least two lugs extending from said receiver; and
opposing guide tracks extending from said housing receive said at least two lugs and limit movement of said receiver to a first axis within a first plane substantially parallel to a second plane defined by a face of the receiver and wherein the opening is a slot extending along a second axis, the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis.

13. The receiver assembly of claim 12 , wherein said receiver includes interior walls forming a cavity accessible through the slot.

14. The receiver assembly of claim 13 , wherein said interior walls form a second slot having a smaller outside width than an outside width of the first slot.

15. The receiver assembly of claim 14 , further comprising at least one tab extending from said housing.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Glickman David Brian
• Mesko Jeffrey Alan

Classifications

• B60Q1/263 Primary

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• F16B5/065

  the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance · CPC title

• F16B21/073

  the socket having a resilient part on its inside · CPC title

• B60Q1/0483

  mounted on a bracket, e.g. details concerning the mouting of the lamps on the vehicle body · CPC title

• F16B21/06 Primary

  Releasable fastening devices with snap-action {(quickly-detachable or mountable nuts to threaded bolts F16B37/0842)} · CPC title