Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Vehicle body ornament
Patent
1997-02-10
1998-07-28
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Vehicle body ornament
527165, 156 60, B60R 1304
Patent
active
057860475
ABSTRACT:
A method of assembling a metal or decorative strip to a body side molding of a vehicle. The method includes forming a bodyside molding by extrusion, injection molding or another plastic forming process to a desirable cross-sectional configuration having a show side opening. The strip is shaped by forming and end punching the metal strip to a desirable shape and configuration. The formed metal strip and the bodyside molding are then placed in suitable fixtures in proximity to one another, and to a heat staking tool. The heat staking tool picks up the metal strip from the fixture such that the strip is heated. The heat staking tool then forces the heated metal strip into the opening in the bodyside molding under suitable pressure such that the metal strip melts the molding and the edges of the metal strip are embedded within the molding.
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Epstein Henry F.
The Standard Products Company
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