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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1981
Yutaka Watanabe, Toyoake, JP;
Hirochika Nishio, Nagoya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
A trim strip for vehicles comprising an elongated plastic body defining an interior channel and opposed base edges defining an opening to the channel and being disposed proximate the vehicle surface; an elongated flexible soft plastic element integrally secured to the body at each base edge between the body and the vehicle surface; a stainless steel foil bonded to the exterior surface of the body, the foil having opposed foil edges secured to respective base edges; engaging means for securing the body to the vehicle surface, the engaging means being disposed in the channel and having opposed edges adjacent the interior surface of the base edges; and complementary interlocking means on the adjacent surfaces of the respective base and engaging means edges for securing the engaging means to the body and preventing relative motion between the body and the engaging means caused by thermal deformation.