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US 7,726,717 B2Granted
Method for mounting plastic garnish for painting on-line
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Onuma, Mark Kralevich, Aron Madsen, Derek Paul
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Abstract
A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.
Claims10
A vehicle body part, comprising:
- a metal reinforcement member, including:
- a support plate that horizontally extends rearward from a curved front edge to a back edge,
- a pivot extension that downwardly extends from the back edge,
- a pivot arm that horizontally extends from the pivot extension and away from the back edge,
- an attachment extension that extends downwardly from the back edge, and
- an attachment arm that extends horizontally from the attachment extension and away from the back edge;
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- a plastic exterior skin, including:
- a fascia that extends vertically upward, and
- a top wall that extends horizontally from the fascia, wherein the plastic exterior skin is adapted to receive the metal reinforcement member and be connected to the metal reinforcement member with fasteners.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.