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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Chris Conway Gearhart, Chelsea, MI (US);
Sankaran Subramaniam, Canton, MI (US);
Vijitha Senaka Kiridena, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chris Conway Gearhart, Chelsea, MI (US);
Sankaran Subramaniam, Canton, MI (US);
Vijitha Senaka Kiridena, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.