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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1997
Fritz Reichenberger, Aurora, CA;
Lassi M Ojanen, Richmond Hill, CA;
Decoma International Inc., Concord, CA;
Abstract
Thin walled B-pillar covers for an automotive vehicle comprise a thin sheet of thermoplastic material of generally uniform thickness vacuum molded about a continuous body molding surface of a molding horn to provide a main body portion having a U-shaped marginal edge along one elongated peripheral extent thereof of a shape to snugly receive therein the sheet metal marginal edge of a vehicle part and an inturned flange along an opposed elongated peripheral extent thereof of a shape to be presented to the inturned surface of the vehicle part. By vacuum molding the thin theremoplastic material about a body molding surface of a molding horn, a cover having a substantially dimple-free, smooth class A exterir surface.