Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Decoma International Corporation

Other

Robert Franklin Yustick

Gregg John Davies

Richard Kip Mushisky

Thomas W Longo

Kip Mushisky

A method of reinforcing a hollow beam by inserting a sleeve that is held in place by a tang that is placed on a supporting portion of a first or second opening formed in the beam. A fastener is inserted inside the sleeve. A component is attached to the beam by inserting a fastener through the sleeve. An insertion tool may be used to insert the sleeve into the beam.

Method for reinforcing a tubular beam with a sleeve

A battery package mount bracket. An illustrative embodiment of the battery package mount bracket includes a body mounted bracket having a pair of spaced-apart bracket attachment flanges and an HEV mounted bracket detachably carried by the body mounted bracket. An HEV battery package is attached to the HEV mounted bracket. The HEV mounted bracket includes a main bracket plate and a transverse flange and a side flange extending from the main bracket plate in generally perpendicular relationship with respect to each other.

Battery package mount bracket

A tubular beam assembly having a tubular member with first and second spaced apart sides and an internal portion. The first side has an insertion opening and a first fastener receiving opening that open into each other. The second side has a second fastener receiving opening and a shoulder defining opening that open into each other. A reinforcement sleeve includes a fastener receiving sleeve portion and a protrusion that supports the reinforcement sleeve in a fastener receiving position within the internal portion of the tubular member. The protrusion is supported by one or both of the insertion opening and the shoulder defining opening. The fastener receiving sleeve portion is aligned with the first and second fastener receiving openings when the reinforcement sleeve is in the fastener receiving position.

Reinforcing sleeve for a tubular beam

The present application discloses a method for forming a fascia assembly that is to be mounted on a front or rear end of a partially completed motor vehicle. The method comprises (1) molding and solidifying a molten first material so as to form an exterior fascia panel having a first connecting portion integrally molded therewith, and (2) molding and solidifying a molten second material so as to form a fascia assembly component having a second connecting portion integrally molded therewith and molded and solidified to the connecting portion of the exterior fascia panel in an interconnected relationship.

Method for forming a fascia assembly for a motor vehicle

The present invention relates to an end module assembly for installation on a motor vehicle and a method for assembling the same. The assembly comprises an exterior fascia configured to comprise a portion of a vehicle body when the assembly is installed on the vehicle. An external visible component is configured to be positioned in a predetermined orientation with respect to the fascia with surfaces thereof facing exteriorly of the fascia. The external component is positioned relative to the fascia such that the position controlling portion guides the external component into the predetermined orientation and supports the component thereat, thereby allowing the assembly to be installed on the vehicle without requiring reorientation of the component. The present invention also relates to a loading fixture for installing a front end module assembly onto a motor vehicle.

End module assembly for installation on a vehicle

An end module assembly has an internal support structure. An exterior fascia is mounted to the internal support structure. The fascia is configured to be a portion of a vehicle body assembly when the end module assembly is installed on the vehicle. An external visible component is mounted to the support structure in a fixed relationship with respect to the fascia in proper alignment with respect to the fascia with a surface thereof facing exteriorly of the fascia. A bumper beam and bumper beam mounting structure connects the bumper beam to the internal support structure. A mounting structure is connected to the support structure for attaching the support structure to mounting points on the partially completed motor vehicle. The mounting structure permits selective repositioning of the end module assembly in a longitudinal, vertical and horizontal direction relative to the partially completed motor vehicle whereby the fascia is alienable with respect to the remaining portions of the vehicle body assembly prior to secure engagement of the end module to the partially completed motor vehicle.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Robert Franklin Yustick