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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1991
Alfred A Bien, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jerry F Loughlin, Jr, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved one-piece plastic bracket for supporting a sealer block of heat expandable reinforcement material on the substructure of a vehicle. The sealer block is adapted, upon being heated during an assembly line operation, to form a closed cell foam stiffener bridging a tolerance varying space between the substructure and an exterior panel. The one-piece bracket provides an initial function of readily supporting the sealer block in a snap-action manner on the vehicle substructure. Additionally, the bracket is operative to precisely guide the heat activated sealer into a predetermined foamed-in-place configuration wherein it sealingly bonds to both the substructure and the opposed inner surface of the panel.