Patent ID: 6792650
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: B60P,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A bushing for disposition in a cylindrical aperture defined by a surface, the bushing providing a bearing surface for a cylindrical probe to be inserted into the cylindrical aperture with the bearing surface providing a consistent reactive force to the cylindrical probe resisting in and out movement of the cylindrical probe to and from the cylindrical aperture, the bushing comprising:a sheet of spring metal, formed into a substantially cylindrical shape; a pair of outwardly projecting retaining brackets extending from a first edge of the sheet and positioned at one end of the substantially cylindrical shape; an inwardly oriented dimple in the sheet; and a pair of outwardly projecting dimples in the sheet near the edge of the sheet opposite the first edge, the dimples being sized to allow insertion of the bushing into a cylindrical aperture but operating to resist extraction for the bushing after passing completely through the cylindrical aperture.