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A mount plate includes a flange having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a boss tower having a swage hole and extending from an area where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange to an end surface of the boss tower. The boss tower has an inner diameter defining an inner

A mount plate includes a flange having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a boss tower having a swage hole and extending from an area where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange to an end surface of the boss tower. The boss tower has an inner diameter defining an inner surface of the swage hole, an outer diameter defining a portion of an outer surface of the boss tower and at least one cut-out portion formed in the boss tower along an obliquely angled plane. The cut-out portion intersects with the outer surface at a first area located a first distance from where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange and intersects with the end surface at a second area located a second distance from the inner diameter. The first distance is less than the second distance.

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1. A mount plate comprising: a flange having a first surface and an opposing second surface;a boss tower having a swage hole and extending from an area where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange to an end surface of the boss tower, the boss tower comprising: an inner diameter definin

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A mount plate comprising: a flange having a first surface and an opposing second surface;a boss tower having a swage hole and extending from an area where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange to an end surface of the boss tower, the boss tower comprising: an inner diameter defining an inner surface of the swage hole;an outer diameter defining a portion of an outer surface of the boss tower; andat least one cut-out portion formed in the boss tower along an obliquely angled plane, the at least one cut-out portion intersecting with the portion of the outer surface defined by the outer diameter at a first area that is located a first distance from where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange and intersecting with the end surface at a second area that is located a second distance from the inner diameter;wherein the first distance is less than the second distance; andwherein the first area forms a convex boundary with the outer surface of the boss tower and the second area forms a linear or concave boundary with the end surface of the boss tower. 2. The mount plate of claim 1, wherein the boss tower comprises two cut-out portions located radially opposite from each other. 3. The mount plate of claim 1, wherein the flange further comprises a distal edge, a proximal edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, wherein the first and second lateral edges couple the distal edge to the proximal edge. 4. The mount plate of claim 3, wherein the at least one cut-out portion is located on the boss tower in closer proximity to the distal edge of the flange than the proximal edge. 5. The mount plate of claim 3, wherein the at least one cut-out portion is located on the boss tower in closer proximity to the proximal edge of the flange than the distal edge. 6. The mount plate of claim 3, wherein the at least one cut-out portion is located on the boss tower in closer proximity to the first lateral edge of the flange than the second lateral edge of the flange. 7. The mount plate of claim 3, wherein the at least one cut-out portion is located on the boss tower in closer proximity to the second lateral edge of the flange than the first lateral edge of the flange. 8. A swage coupling assembly comprising: a first component having an aperture;a second component having a plate integrally formed with a boss tower that is configured to be inserted into and swage coupled to the aperture in the first component, wherein the plate has a first surface and an opposing second surface and wherein the boss tower extends from an area where the boss tower meets the first surface of the plate to an end surface of the boss tower, the boss tower comprising: a swage hole;an inner diameter defining an inner surface of the swage hole;an outer diameter defining a portion of an outer surface of the boss tower; andat least one cut-out portion formed in the boss tower along an obliquely angled plane, the at least one cut-out portion including a lower boundary and an upper boundary, the lower boundary and the upper boundary defining a remaining portion of the outer surface of the boss tower;wherein the at least one cut-out portion has a length that is less than a circumference of the boss tower;wherein the lower boundary forms a convex ridge with the portion of the outer surface that is defined by the outer diameter of the boss tower and the upper boundary forms a linear or concave ridge with the end surface of the boss tower; andwherein only the portion of the outer surface of the boss tower that is defined by the outer diameter engages with the aperture in the first component when the boss tower is inserted and swaged coupled to the aperture in the first component. 9. The swage coupling assembly of claim 8, wherein the at least one cut-out portion intersects with the portion of the outer surface that is defined by the outer diameter of the boss tower at the lower boundary and wherein the at least one cut-out portion intersects with the end surface at the upper boundary. 10. The swage coupling assembly of claim 9, wherein the lower boundary is located a first distance from where the boss tower meets the first surface of the plate and wherein the upper boundary is located a second distance from the inner diameter of the swage hole, the first distance being less than the second distance. 11. The swage coupling assembly of claim 8, wherein the boss tower comprises two cut-out portions located radially opposite from each other. 12. The swage coupling assembly of claim 8, wherein the boss tower comprises four cut-out portions, wherein two of the four cut-out portions are located radially opposite from each other and the other two of the four cut-out portions are located radially opposite from each other. 13. A method of coupling two components, the method comprising: inserting a boss tower of a first component into an aperture in a second component, the boss tower extending from an area where the boss tower meets a first surface of a flange to an end surface of the boss tower and having a swage hole, the boss tower comprising: an inner diameter defining an inner surface of the swage hole;an outer diameter defining a portion of an outer surface of the boss tower; andat least one cut-out portion formed in the boss tower along an obliquely angled plane, the at least one cut-out portion intersecting with the outer surface at a first area that is located a first distance from where the boss tower meets the first surface of the flange and intersecting with the end surface at a second area that is located a second distance from the inner diameter;wherein the first distance is less than the second distance;wherein the first area forms a convex boundary with the outer surface of the boss tower and the second area forms a linear or concave boundary with the end surface of the boss tower; andswaging the boss tower of the first component to the aperture in the second component. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein swaging the boss tower of the first component to the aperture in the second component comprises ball swaging the boss tower of the first component to the aperture in the second component by inserting a swage ball having a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the swage hole into the swage hole. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising engaging only the portion of the outer surface of the boss tower that is defined by the outer diameter with the aperture in the second component after the swage ball is inserted into the swage hole. 16. The method of claim 13, wherein inserting the boss tower of the first component into the aperture in the second component comprises engaging only the portion of the outer surface of the boss tower that is defined by the outer diameter with the aperture in the second component.