Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Abc Technologies Inc.

Abc Group Inc.

David Patrick Boucard

Dave Flajnik

Michael J Mukhtar

Michael James Freeman

Jeffrey Scott Mayville

An exterior component is disclosed for attachment to a vehicle surface of an external vehicle structure. The exterior component comprises a primary body having a pad support wall and a profile wall extending therefrom, the profile wall defining an exterior profile of the exterior component, and presenting an exterior surface having a desired aesthetic finish. The pad support wall is an elongate continuous structure that runs substantially the entire length of the exterior component. The pad support wall presents a continuous tape pad configured to receive a suitable adhesive for bonding the exterior component to a receiving vehicle surface. The exterior component is exemplified in the form of a door cladding, and a wheel-flare molding.

Thick molded tape pad

Wheel-flare molding

A rocker molding-step () for a vehicle body side assembly () includes one or more support brackets (), an elongated molding-step (), a series of fasteners (), and an appliqu&#xe9; (). The fasteners () attach molding-step () and support brackets () to an outboard surface () of vehicle body side assembly (), with the support brackets () sandwiched between the molding-step () and the body side assembly (). The molding-step () has a stepped surface () receiving the fasteners (). The appliqu&#xe9; () is attached to molding-step () and covers the fasteners (). The molding-step () is a single-piece blow-molded construction, which covers the vehicle body side assembly () and provides a foothold.

Rocker molding-step for a vehicle body side assembly

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Royal Oak, MI, United States of America

David Patrick Boucard