Patent ID: 8376326
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B60G,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rotationally restrained clinch clip for a leaf spring, comprising: a generally U-shaped upper clip member comprising a first lateral bar, and a pair of first legs integrally connected with said first lateral bar; a generally U-shaped lower clip member comprising a second lateral bar, and a pair of second legs integrally connected with said second lateral bar; wherein said first and second legs abut at a first superposition and at a second superposition, and wherein said first and second superpositions are mutually spaced apart; a rivet having a non-circularly shaped shank, wherein said second lateral bar has a non-circularly shaped hole formed therein corresponding to said shank such that said shank passes thereinto but is relatively non-rotatable with respect to said second lateral bar when seated therein; a bolt having a non-circularly shaped bolt portion, wherein said first and second legs have a first hole set formed therein at said first superposition, wherein each hole of said first hole set is non-circularly shaped corresponding to said non-circularly shaped bolt portion, and wherein said non-circularly shaped bolt portion passes thereinto and is relatively non-rotatable with respect to each hole of said first hole set when seated therein such that said upper and lower clip members are in mutually non-rotatable relation to each other; and an offset leg end portion of a leg of said pair of first legs at said first superposition, and an offset leg end portion of the other leg of said pair of first legs at said second superposition.