Ford Motor Company Limited

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Gregory Thomas Hedderly

Thomas Junior Luckett

William Francis Weber

Leonard Murray Brown

Lisa A Tyus

Patricia Kaye Kutsche

Craig Hammann Stephan

Edward Joseph Abramoski

Joseph Paul Tekelly

William L Fisher

Kumar Balakrishna Kulkarni

Robert Daniel Restauri

Michael Patrick Rodgers

A method of manufacturing a vehicle. A set of vehicle body structure components is assembled with interlocking mating features.

Method of manufacturing a vehicle

A vehicle having a vehicle body component and a body panel. The vehicle body component has a body mating feature. The body panel has a body panel mating feature that engages the body mating feature to secure the body panel to the vehicle body component.

Vehicle having a body panel

A vehicle body component having a body portion and male and female dovetail portions. The male and female dovetail portions have substantially trapezoidal cross sections.

Vehicle body component and mating feature

A vehicle having a body structure that defines a front portion of a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes first and second closure frame structures and a roof structure that interlocks with the first and second closure frame structures.

Vehicle having a passenger compartment body structure

A method of manufacturing a vehicle. The method includes assembling a set of body panels to a vehicle body structure by interlocking a body panel mating feature with a body mating feature.

A vehicle having a body structure for at least a portion of a passenger compartment of the vehicle disposed adjacent to a front portion of the passenger compartment.

A vehicle having a rear end body structure that includes first and second rear side castings. The first and second rear side castings interlock with at least one structure that at least partially defines a passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Vehicle having a rear end body structure

A vehicle body structure having a closure frame structure and an inner fender structure. The closure frame structure has a tenon. The inner fender structure has a mortise that receives the tenon. A fastener extends through the mortise and the tenon to secure the inner fender structure to the closure frame structure.

Vehicle body structure

A vehicle having an engine support structure. A cradle for supporting an engine is provided that has first and second apertures that are spaced apart from each other and receive a frame rail.

Vehicle having an engine support structure

A vehicle body assembly having a set of castings. Each member of the set of castings interlocks with another member of the set of castings to create a vehicle body structure.

Vehicle body assembly

A vehicle having an interlocking floor assembly including a first floor structure having a first set of mating features and a second floor structure having a second set of mating features. The first and second sets of mating features interlock to couple the first and second floor structures together.

Vehicle having an interlocking floor assembly

A vehicle having a front end body structure. The vehicle includes first and second inner fender castings having first and second mating portions, respectively, and a front end casting that interlocks with the first and second mating portions free of welding.

Vehicle having a front end body structure

A vehicle having a closure system that includes a closure structure, a body structure component, and a hinge pin. The closure structure is configured to pivot with respect to the body structure component.

Vehicle having a closure system

A tunable inner fender structure including a body having a set of apertures and a tunable member that extends through the set of apertures.

Tunable inner fender structure

An inner fender structure having a set of pockets. Each member of the set of pockets has an opening. The openings of the adjacent pockets are disposed along different sides of the inner fender structure.

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White Lake, MI, United States of America

Gregory Thomas Hedderly