公开(公告)号：US20200024883A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16387177

申请日：2019-04-17

Applicant: Magna Closures Inc.

Inventor： Joseph SCHEURING ,  Wieslaw NOWICKI ,  Gerard MCMAHON

IPC: E05F15/622 ,  F16H25/20

Abstract: A method for constructing an extension mechanism for a closure panel of a vehicle, the extension mechanism including an extension member housed in a body housing, such that the extension member extends and retracts with respect to the body housing as the closure panel is opened and closed, the extension mechanism having a first connection at one end for connecting the extension member to the vehicle and a second connection at the other end for connecting the body housing to the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: overlapping a tube wall of the body housing with an end portion of the body housing, the end portion having a receiving indentation; receiving a deformed portion of the tube wall into the receiving indentation in order to form a crimp connection between the tube wall and the end portion; and positioning a clamping member having a body by at least a portion of the body over the tube wall, such that the deformed portion is sandwiched between the portion of the body and the receiving indentation.