Takashi Onuma - Dublin OH, US Mark Kralevich - Powell OH, US Aron Madsen - Marysville OH, US Derek Paul - Columbus OH, US
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo
International Classification:
B60J 9/00
US Classification:
296 108
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.
The attachment of a modified upper rear door hinge patch to the outside surface of a center pillar stiffener creates an energy absorbing cavity that: 1) reduces the chances that the center pillar stiffener will buckle or kink in a side impact collision, and 2) improves door mounting accuracy apart from the center pillar stiffener, and 3) improves the formability of the steel used in the manufacture of center pillar stiffeners.
Method For Mounting Flanged Plastic Garnish With Support Post, For Painting On-Line
Takashi Onuma - Dublin OH, US Mark Kralevich - Powell OH, US Aron Madsen - Marysville OH, US Derek Paul - Columbus OH, US
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo
International Classification:
B60J 9/00
US Classification:
296 108
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.
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