Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Timothy Parker

Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk

Hossein Jacob Sadri

Steve William Gallagher

Richard Daniel Pastrick

Jon A Wilcox

Steve Juszczyk

Steven Torey

Matthew Phillip Solomon

Doug Heerema

A device for measuring a pressure of a vehicle closure member includes a pressure sensitive tip, a base, a plurality of electrical conductors, and a neck. The pressure sensitive tip is configured to output an electronic signal that corresponds to a pressure at the pressure sensitive tip. The electrical conductors electrically couple the pressure sensitive tip to the base. The neck includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is disposed about the electrical conductors. The outer layer is disposed about the inner layer. The neck is flexible along a length of the neck.

Vehicle closure pressure sensor

Various approaches for forming holes onto a sheet-metal assembly are described. In one implementation, a sheet-metal assembly is received through a conveyor system within a manufacturing cell. Once received, the type of sheet-metal assembly is identified based on associated information. Corresponding to the identified sheet-metal assembly, a set of position coordinates corresponding to one or more points on the sheet-metal assembly are obtained. Subsequently, a work-performing apparatus may be used for forming holes onto the sheet-metal assembly, at one or more points on the sheet-metal assembly.

System and method for forming holes onto a sheet-metal assembly

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Timothy Parker