公开(公告)号：US20170175790A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US14972738

申请日：2015-12-17

Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： MARK WAYNE SMITH ,  STEVEN P. RAGALYI ,  GRANT MICHAEL WHEELER ,  JESUS R. MORALES

IPC: F16B17/00

CPC classification number: F16B17/00 ,  F16B5/0664 ,  Y10T403/581

Abstract: A method of closing a spatial gap between a first mating surface of a first snap locking feature defined by a first part and a second mating surface of a second snap locking feature defined by a second part. This method includes the steps of attaching the first and second parts to one another by sliding the first and second snap locking features over one another until the first mating surface is proximate the second mating surface and deforming a portion of the first part to fabricate a protrusion that contacts the second part and urges the second part in a direction effective to place the first and second mating surfaces into direct contact with one another.