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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996

Filed:

Jul. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Noah B Mass, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Mark C White, Livonia, MI (US);

Martin G Hagen, Berkley, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296207 ; 180 6921 ; 411258 ; 411535 ; 411930 ; 16 82 ; 2482053 ; 403345 ;
Abstract

A two-piece hood support bumper of such construction that it can be set at an infinitely determinable height by the weight and/or position of the hood itself during the process of installing the support member, and whereby the support member is permanently set in that position by an adhesive carried within the two-piece member prior to the final position being set. A method of installing a vehicle hood assembly by providing a self-height adjusting support member intermediate the ends of the hoods and at both side edges, and which is set in its final position after bringing both ends of the hood into a condition flush with the adjoining body panels and wherein the height of the support member is established by the hood itself as it is brought to rest on the front hood bumpers.


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