Decoma International Corporation

Michael Gach

Sean Elliot Granger

Gary Hawkins

Adolfo Enrico Milani

John Hobill

Kevin Bunting

A clip assembly mounts a cladding panel to a body. The clip assembly includes a clip and a key guide. The clip has a head and a shaft. The head is adapted for attaching to a flange of the cladding panel. The key guide has a hollow body sized to receive and retain the shaft in a first and second engagement position. The key guide is configured to be inserted into a slot on the body structure and upon rotation is retained within the slot. One end of the cladding engages the pilot aperture and an opposite end engages a slot. The cladding is adjustable relative to the body structure while in a first engagement position and is held in place for further fastening when in a second engagement position.

Adjustable rear frame cladding

A clip assembly ( ) mounts a cladding panel to a body. The clip assembly includes a clip ( ) and a key guide ( ). The clip ( ) has a head ( ) and a shaft ( ). The head ( ) is adapted for attaching to a flange of the cladding panel. The key guide ( ) has a hollow body ( ) sized to receive and retain the shaft ( ) in a first and second engagement position. The key guide ( ) is configured to be inserted into a slot ( ) on the body structure and upon rotation is retained within the slot. One end of the cladding engages the pilot aperture ( ) and an opposite end engages a slot ( ). The cladding is adjustable relative to the body structure while in a first engagement position and is held in place for further fastening when in a second engagement position.

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Michael Gach