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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Todd E. Allen, Lake Orion, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a panel sealing apparatus and the panel sealing apparatus includes a panel. The panel defines an aperture and a sealing assembly. The assembly includes a first component and a second component, with the second component at least partially surrounding the first component and is secured to the first component to form a unit. In certain embodiments, the assembly includes a plurality of clips disconnected from each other, each configured to be attached to the panel in the aperture separately from each other and attached to the panel separately from the unit. In other embodiments, the assembly includes a band and a plurality of clips each independently attachable to and detachable from the band, each of the clips configured to be attached to the panel in the aperture separately from the unit and the clips attached to the band before placement of the clips in the aperture.