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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Edward W Bach, Galloway, OH (US);
Masahiro Ishikawa, Dublin, OH (US);
Christos Agouridis, Jr., Dublin, OH (US);
Joseph M Riggsby, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 15/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A masking system and method for painting a vehicle with parts made of dissimilar materials is provided. The masking system includes a masking gasket temporarily mounted between a mounting surface of a first part and a mounting surface of a second part. The masking gasket further includes a plurality of links, thermal expansion joints linking together the plurality of links, and mounting locations for securing the masking gasket to the first and second parts of the vehicle.