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US 2024/0174302 A1Published application
Body panel assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorBobby FUENTES
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Abstract
A body panel includes a main body and a flexible material portion. The main body has an overall elongated shape that defines a first lengthwise edge, a second lengthwise edge and a bottom edge. The flexible material that extends along a portion of the first lengthwise edge, at least a portion of the second lengthwise edge and along the bottom edge.
Claims20
A body panel comprising:
- a main body having an overall elongated shape defining a first lengthwise edge, a second lengthwise edge and a bottom edge;
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- a flexible material portion that extends along a portion of the first lengthwise edge, at least a portion of the second lengthwise edge and along the bottom edge.
A body panel assembly comprising:
- a first vehicle body panel made of a metallic material;
- a body panel having a main body and a compressible material, the main body having an overall elongated shape that defines a first lengthwise edge, a second lengthwise edge and a bottom edge, the flexible material extends along at a portion of the first lengthwise edge, at least a portion of the second lengthwise edge and along the bottom edge, the body panel being installed to a vehicle such that at least one of the first lengthwise edge, the second lengthwise edge and the bottom edge contacts the first vehicle body panel such that in response to thermal expansion of the first vehicle body panel and/or the main body of the body panel, the flexible material is compressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.