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US 2016/0257186 A1Published application
Motor vehicle with drip resistant textured-paint surface feature around body side opening above door
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorGeorge Michalopoulos
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has a body including a header margin at least partially defining a body side opening. The motor vehicle further includes a first door received in and closing at least a first portion of the body side opening and a drip resistant textured-paint surface feature provided along the header margin above the first door.
Claims10
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a body including a header margin at least partially defining a body side opening;
- a first door received in and closing at least a first portion of said body side opening;
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- a drip resistant textured-paint surface feature provided along said header margin above said first door wherein said drip resistant textured-paint surface feature is engineered to enhance surface tension of water in contact with said drip resistant textured-paint surface.
1 more element
A method of reducing dripping of water from a header margin of a body overlying a body side opening of a vehicle, comprising:
- applying a textured paint as a drip resistant textured-paint surface feature along said header margin above said body side opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.