Abstract: A coupling system that allows maximum flexibility for vehicle users to relocate, remove or replace electrical and/or mechanical devices throughout the interior of a vehicle, with several slot openings formed in the vehicle structure and coupling components which provide the connections of the devices to the vehicle, via the slots.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2007
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Laurens van den Acker, Jose Paris-Gonzalez, Ronald Miller, Gary Strumolo, David Wagner, Bryan Goodman, David DiMeo
Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly for a vehicle door in which a body-mounting plate has a spherical convex surface in moveable contact with a corresponding spherical concave surface at the base of a hinge plate permitting adjustments in the pivot axis of the hinge assembly.