Assembly comprising a bumper skin and masking means

US8960741B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8960741-B2
Application numberUS-67746308-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 9, 2008
Priority dateSep 10, 2007
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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The assembly is for mounting to a motor vehicle having a bumper skin and it comprises a body part forming at least a portion of a bumper skin. The body part is defined by bottom and top edges. The top edge includes a first portion to be masked by a member of the vehicle that is to be fitted to the body part. The assembly includes at least a first masking element masking at least one portion of the bottom edge and at least a second masking element masking at least one second portion of the top edge of the body part, complementary to the at least one first portion of the top edge of the body part. The first and second masking elements are fixed relative to the body part once the assembly is mounted to the motor vehicle.

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What is claimed is: 1. An assembly for mounting to a motor vehicle having a bumper skin, the assembly comprising: a body part forming at least a portion of the bumper skin of the motor vehicle once mounted to the motor vehicle, the body part being defined by bottom and top edges, the top edge including at least one first portion to be masked by at least one member of the motor vehicle that is to be fitted to the body part after the body part has been mounted to the motor vehic…

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What does patent US8960741B2 cover?
The assembly is for mounting to a motor vehicle having a bumper skin and it comprises a body part forming at least a portion of a bumper skin. The body part is defined by bottom and top edges. The top edge includes a first portion to be masked by a member of the vehicle that is to be fitted to the body part. The assembly includes at least a first masking element masking at least one portion of …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Delwal Fabien, Cheron Hugues, Plastic Omnium Cie
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60R19/023. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).