US 12,459,312 B2
Heat shield panel retainer
Marcin Szymon Sokołowski, Wojsławice-Kolonia (PL); Bartłomiej Kamil Żuk, Legnica (PL); Nathaniel J. Herrmann, Springfield, OH (US); John A. Stevenson, Cedarville, OH (US); and Jerry Miller, Kettering, OH (US)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/325,849.
Claims priority of application No. 22461570 (EP), filed on Jun. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408215 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 23/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/18 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retainer for connecting two panels of a heat shield assembly, the retainer comprising:
a central elongate panel having a length l and a width w, a top end, a bottom end and first and second long sides extending from the top end to the bottom end; and
a first side panel extending along the first long side of the central elongate panel and a second side panel extending along the second long side of the central elongate panel,
wherein reinforcement features are applied to a surface of the central elongate panel, and
wherein the reinforcement features are beads stamped onto the surface of the retainer.