US 12,030,571 B2
Setting bracket for bolster adjustment
Chenchiah B. Kosaraju, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Martin Fitzpatrick Frey, Saline, MI (US); William Richard Navas, III, Livonia, MI (US); and Douglas P. Heerema, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/708,530.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171140 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 65/14 (2006.01); B60R 99/00 (2009.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 65/14 (2013.01) [B60R 99/00 (2013.01); F16B 37/041 (2013.01); F16B 37/044 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locator pin assembly comprising:
a locator pin including a locating portion and a threaded portion, wherein the locating portion includes a tapered surface that decreases in width in a direction away from a maximum width, the tapered surface configured to be received within an opening of a frame member;
a bracket assembly including a tab portion and a nut portion that receives the threaded portion; and
a structure including an opening receiving the locator pin and a slot near the opening that receives a portion of the bracket assembly, wherein the opening and the slot are defined on a common surface of the structure and the locator pin is secured to the common surface of the structure through an engagement between the threaded portion and the nut portion.
 
11. A vehicle frame assembly comprising:
a first frame member including an opening and a slot disposed on a common surface;
a locator pin received within the opening, the locator pin including a locating portion and a threaded portion, wherein the locating portion includes a tapered surface that decreases in width in a direction away from a maximum width, the tapered surface configured to be received within a locator opening of a second frame member for orientating the second frame member relative to the first frame member; and
a bracket assembly including a tab portion and a nut portion, the nut portion received into the slot and the nut portion receives the threaded portion of the locator pin to secure the locator pin to the common surface.