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AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAlexander B Dureiko, Ryan M Stokes, Christopher D Hinz, Andrew Edward Barrow
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Interior panel and body assembly features for vehicles that include the placement of panel tabs on vehicle interior panels, with the panel tabs on the interior panels having features for interactive attachment of the interior panels with vehicle body portions via corresponding body tabs on each vehicle body portion. The interactive attachment aspects of the panel tabs operating with the body tabs may further assist in properly locating each interior panel relative to a vehicle body portions. When the interior panel is installed on the vehicle body, each panel tab attaches the interior panel to the corresponding body portion via a body tab, so as to enhance the strength of the attachment, such as at an edge location where standard attachment clips cannot be used, thereby improving positioning and good fit and finish, while maximizing interior space capacity.
An interior panel assembleable with a corresponding vehicle body portion, the interior panel comprising:
An interior panel and body assembly, comprising:
A method for assembling an interior panel with a body portion of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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