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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2009
Takashi Onuma, Dublin, OH (US);
Mark Kralevich, Powell, OH (US);
Aron Madsen, Marysville, OH (US);
Derek Paul, Columbus, OH (US);
Takashi Onuma, Dublin, OH (US);
Mark Kralevich, Powell, OH (US);
Aron Madsen, Marysville, OH (US);
Derek Paul, Columbus, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.