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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2005
Applicants:

Michael W Cass, Lenox, MI (US);

John D Youngs, Southgate, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael W Cass, Lenox, MI (US);

John D Youngs, Southgate, MI (US);

Assignee:

Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A connector for securing an interior trim assembly to a support of an automobile. The connector includes a connector body having a head portion formed at a proximal end of the connector body and a shank portion extending from the head portion toward a distal end of the connector body. A sealing gasket is integrally molded onto the connector body distally of the head portion. A two-shot molding process may be used to form the connector with the connector body being formed in the first shot of the molding process and the sealing gasket being formed onto the connector body in the second shot of the molding process.


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