Door latch striker

• US 20020047280A1
• Filed: 08/01/2001
• Published: 04/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ATF Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ATF Incorporated
• Inventors: Burton, John E.
• Granted Patent: US 6,672,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/340
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/045 for bifurcated bolts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/64 Assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/68 Keepers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/685 With anti-friction means

Abstract

A vehicle door striker is manufactured from a U-shaped striker plate and a striker bolt. The striker plate has a mounting plate connected to an arm by a support segment. The mounting plate has a striker bolt hole and two mounting bolt holes therethrough and the arm has a boss with a threaded hole therethrough. The striker bolt has a head and a threaded end with a shaft therebetween. The shaft is surrounded by a profiled plastic sleeve which serves to dampen sound and reduce wear. In assembling the vehicle door striker, the striker bolt is inserted through the striker bolt hole such that the head is fully recessed in the mounting plate and such that the threaded end is threaded into the threaded hole of the boss. The sleeve may be placed over the shaft of the striker bolt either before or during the assembly process. A plastic cover substantially envelops the striker plate to provide sound dampening and to further protect the vehicle door striker.

Claims

1. A vehicle door striker comprising:

a U-shaped striker plate having a mounting plate connected to an arm by a support segment, the mounting plate-having a striker bolt hole and at least one mounting bolt hole therethrough, the arm having a boss with a threaded hole therethrough;

a striker bolt having a head and a threaded end with a shaft therebetween, the striker bolt inserted through the striker bolt hole such that the threaded end is threaded into the threaded hole of the boss;

a sleeve surrounding the shaft of the striker bolt; and

a cover substantially enveloping the striker plate.

2. A vehicle door striker comprising:

a mounting plate;

a support arm positioned relative to the mounting plate; and

at least one striker bolt connecting the support arm and the mounting plate, the striker bolt threadingly connected to the support arm.

3. A vehicle door striker comprising:

a mounting plate;

an arm positioned relative to the mounting plate, the arm having a boss; and

at least one striker bolt connecting the mounting plate to the boss of the arm.