Automotive trim material
Abstract
Abstract An automotive trim material to be detachably mounted on a painted steel automotive body by means of clips secured to the body is shown to comprise a composite metal laminate material having an outer layer of stainless steel disposed exteriorly of the trim configuration, an intermediate layer of mild steel material, and an opposite outer surface layer of aluminum material, said laminate layer materials being metallurgically bonded together in the solid phase, the stainless steel layer being in scratch-resistant, cold-worked condition, the mild steel layer being in easily formed, annealed condition, and the interface between the mild steel and the aluminum layers being substantially free of embrittling aluminum-iron intermetallic compounds.
Inventors
- 👤 R Anderson
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