Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2010-02-16
Dayoan, Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C296S146100, C296S146500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07661743
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns a vehicle having a closure with a handle surrounded by a handle bezel, and a method of assembling the handle bezel to the closure. The handle bezel, which may contain a key cylinder, mounts around the handle and includes a retainer bracket having a retaining clip. The retaining clip includes fastener retention tabs that engage with a fastener extending from an inner surface of the closure. The fastener retention tabs allow the handle bezel to be installed from the outer surface of the closure without requiring extra fastener installation. But the handle bezel cannot be removed from the closure without access to the inner surface of the closure.
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Blair Gale L.
Niemiec Scott A.
Rosenquist Jennifer A.
Williamson Andrea G.
Blankenship Gregory
Dayoan Glenn
GM Global Technology Operations Inc.
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