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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Stephen W. Marks, Clarkston, MI (US);
Steven P. Balgaard, Fenton, MI (US);
Hirde N. Bhatia, Canton, MI (US);
Victoria L. Enyedy, Troy, MI (US);
Wayne S. Wilson, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Charles S. Boughton, Fenton, MI (US);
Stephen W. Marks, Clarkston, MI (US);
Steven P. Balgaard, Fenton, MI (US);
Hirde N. Bhatia, Canton, MI (US);
Victoria L. Enyedy, Troy, MI (US);
Wayne S. Wilson, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Charles S. Boughton, Fenton, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive body and trim assembly is provided that utilizes locating features on only a single sheet metal layer of a multi-layer body frame pillar to position a trim member, thus minimizing variability in the final assembled position of the trim member. The single sheet metal layer has both a fore-aft-locating feature and a cross-car-locating feature. A fore-aft-positioning feature and a cross-car-positioning feature on the pillar trim member are spaced to permit contact with the fore-aft-locating feature and the cross-car-locating feature, respectively when the pillar trim member is assembled with the body frame pillar, so that only the single sheet metal layer determines the fore-aft and cross-car position of the pillar trim member. A method of assembling a pillar trim member and a body frame pillar having multiple sheet metal layers is also provided.