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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Heuel, Wenden, DE;
Assignee:
DURA Automotive Plettenberg Entwicklungs-und Vertriebs GmbH, Plettenberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/08 ;
Abstract
A door or other body part of a motor vehicle comprises an inner skin panel ( ) and a preferably painted outer skin ( ), which is fastened to the inner skin panel. To improve such a door or another such body part, the outer skin ( ) is fastened to the inner skin panel ( ) by using punch rivets ( ) or other metal fastening elements.