B-pillar covers for automotive vehicle

Details B-pillar covers for automotive vehicle B-pillar covers for automotive vehicle

1997-12-04

1999-10-19

Thomas, Alexander

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Vehicle body ornament

428 401, 428 422, 296 11, B32B 306

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059686146

ABSTRACT:
Thin walled B-pillar covers for an automotive vehicle comprise a thin sheet of thermoplastic material of generally uniform thickness vacuum molded about a continuous body molding surface of a molding horn to provide a main body portion having a U-shaped marginal edge along one elongated peripheral extent thereof of a shape to snugly receive therein the sheet metal marginal edge of a vehicle part and an inturned flange along an opposed elongated peripheral extent thereof of a shape to be presented to the inturned surface of the vehicle part. By vacuum molding the thin theremoplastic material about a body molding surface of a molding horn, a cover having a substantially dimple-free, smooth class A exterir surface.

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